customize date format in c#

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I need customize date format in asp.net c#.

example 1:

VB

My Date : "15/10/2012 15:13:10"
Format: YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
Ex: dateTime=20121015151310

example 2:

VB

My Date : "23/10/1975"
Format: YYYYMMDD
Ex: birthDate=19751023

below code not working:

VB

string sDate = DateTime.Now.ToString("YYYYMMDDHHMMSS");

Posted 27-Nov-14 3:15am

Mohan Subramanian

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Marcin Kozub · Answer 1 · 2014-11-27T03:20:00

Solution 1

Try this:

C#

string sDate = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss");

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/8kb3ddd4%28v=vs.100%29.aspx[^]

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Posted 27-Nov-14 3:20am

Marcin Kozub

Updated 27-Nov-14 3:21am

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Mathew Soji · Answer 2 · 2014-11-27T03:22:00

Solution 2

Try

DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss");

Please refer Formats for DateTime.ToString()[^]

Posted 27-Nov-14 3:22am

Mathew Soji

/\jmot · Answer 3 · 2014-11-27T03:59:00

Your code'll not display any error but the Problem is YYYY and SS is not the valid Date time Formatting string so it'll not give you the actual result.

you have to use yyyy instead of YYYY and ss instead of SS.

See here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4(v=vs.110).aspx[^]