format a date to a ceratin character specific

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'{2012/12/19 11:59:59 PM}' //So the date looks like this

I need the date to be selected to the following format {yymmdd}

so initially that date needs to be converted to look like 121219

then needs to be converted to a string.

Posted 4-Dec-12 1:48am

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Solution 1

you can use code like

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DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;
string str = dt.ToString("yymmdd");

Posted 4-Dec-12 1:52am

Vishal.Shimpi144

Updated 4-Dec-12 1:56am

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Orcun Iyigun 4-Dec-12 8:04am

mm => for minutes MM => for month...

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**Orcun Iyigun** · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-04T01:55:00

Solution 2

You can do it by String.Format()

C#

// create date time 
DateTime dt = new DateTime();
String.Format("{0:yyMMdd}", dt);

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Good luck,
OI

Posted 4-Dec-12 1:55am

Orcun Iyigun

lukeer · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-04T01:57:00

Solution 3

The System.DateTime[^] structure provides methods to parse strings (TryParse()[^]) and to format itself into a string (ToString()[^]).
Combine them to get what you need.

Posted 4-Dec-12 1:57am

lukeer

devsv · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-04T02:02:00

Solution 4

So you need the datetime in format yyMMdd.
Using the following code

C#

DateTime thisDate1 = DateTime.Now;//Just getting set to the current date and time 
Console.WriteLine("Formated Date is: " + thisDate1.ToString("yyMMdd") + ".");

Posted 4-Dec-12 2:02am

devsv