How to format date value to yyyy/MM/dd ?

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Hello !!

I just want to format the returned date from the data reader into "yyyy/MM/dd"

I have a DataReader and TextBox, i want to set one of DataReader values in the TextBox ... This value represents a date value from SQL Server DB. I did the following:

txtDate.Text = Format(DR("ActionDate"),"yyyy/MM/dd")

and another time I did this:

Dim x As Date
x = DR("ActionDate")
txtDate.Text = x.ToString("yyyy/MM/dd")

no one of above methods working well .. although I searched a lot in MSDN and I tried more then 10 solutions but no in vain !!

Posted 10-Mar-11 7:22am

Ahmad Negm

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-10T07:46:00

Solution 1

Here is the answer with the code sample: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/5hh873ya.aspx[^].

For more flexible option, see this: the class System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo and the sample code provided: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.datetimeformatinfo.aspx[^], in particular, pay attention for "SortableDateTimePattern" in the sample code and the class.

—SA

Posted 10-Mar-11 7:46am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 10-Mar-11 9:30am

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fjdiewornncalwe 10-Mar-11 14:38pm

+5. Excellent.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Mar-11 14:51pm

Thank you Marcus; that wasn't hard :-)
--SA

William Winner 10-Mar-11 15:06pm

Well, actually, to be precise with your wording, there is not exact sample at that link that shows how to format a string with "yyyy/MM/dd".

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Mar-11 15:31pm

Well, thank you very much for helping me to be accurate. I removed "exact" and, more importantly, added more flexible way in next paragraph.
--SA

Yusuf 10-Mar-11 15:30pm

Good pointer

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Mar-11 15:31pm

Even better now, thanks to William's note.
--SA

Dalek Dave 10-Mar-11 16:34pm

Excellent answer

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 10-Mar-11 16:36pm

Thank you, Dalek,
--SA

William Winner · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-10T07:48:00

Solution 2

if the formats here: Standard Date and Time Format Strings[^] aren't giving you the results you expect, then you may need to check your culture settings.

Posted 10-Mar-11 7:48am

William Winner

xiaobaino1 · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-10T15:47:00

C#

1 .String.Format("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", DateTime.Now)

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2. String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy}", DateTime.Now)

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3 . String.Format("{0:dd/MM/yy}", DateTime.Now)

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4. String.Format("{0:t}", DateTime.Now)

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5.String.Format("{0:F}", DateTime.Now)


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