Date Changes After Formatting It to "YYYY-MM-DD" In C#

Question

My date changes values when I format it to "yyyy-mm-dd". It becomes "2019-54-10" instead of keeping the correct DateTime.Now. Bellow is my code:

public static DateTime CurrentDate = DateTime.Now;
ConvertedCurrentDate = CurrentDate.ToString("yyyy-mm-dd");

use capital MM for the Month. Lower case mm is minutes – dvo Oct 10 '19 at 15:00 — dvo, Oct 10 '19 at 15:00

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '19 at 15:01

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mm stands for Minute
you have to use MM

CurrentDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");

answered Oct 10 '19 at 15:01

PandaPlayer

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 10 '19 at 15:01

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ConvertedCurrentDate = CurrentDate.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");

You need MM for the month :)

answered Oct 10 '19 at 15:01

sephiroth

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '19 at 15:03

/* Date strings */
public static string TodayNum = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd");        // e.g 07
public static string ThisMonthNum = DateTime.Now.ToString("MM");    // e.g 03
public static string ThisMonthShort = DateTime.Now.ToString("MMM");  // e.g Mar
public static string ThisMonthLong = DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM");  // e.g March
public static string ThisYearNum = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy");   // e.g 2014

Date Changes After Formatting It to "YYYY-MM-DD" In C#

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