how to change format of date

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i have a string that have date i want to change into my required format:

string n = dateTimePicker1.Value.ToShortDateString();

this function return me a date as 07/11/2014 but i want it into 2014-07-11

how can i change it.........

Posted 11-Jul-14 0:02am

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Member 10891595 11-Jul-14 6:30am

thnks a lot for help me

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George Jonsson · Answer 1 · 2014-07-11T00:08:00

Solution 1

Quite easy:

C#

string n = dateTimePicker1.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");

Posted 11-Jul-14 0:08am

George Jonsson

KaushalJB · Answer 2 · 2014-07-11T00:24:00

Solution 2

C#

string fromFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy"; 
string toFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd";

DateTime newDate = DateTime.ParseExact("07/11/2014", fromFormat, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

string n = newDate.ToString(toFormat);

Posted 11-Jul-14 0:24am

KaushalJB

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George Jonsson 11-Jul-14 21:49pm

Why complicate the matter that much?

srinivas vadepally · Answer 3 · 2014-07-11T00:39:00

Solution 3

Custom Date and Time Format Strings[^]

Posted 11-Jul-14 0:39am

srinivas vadepally