Visual Studio debugger shows Date Time as Ticks when mouse hover instead of an understandable Date String Format

Question

In visual studio (I'm using 2019), during debugging, when I hover over a DateTime object, it shows the date in Ticks instead of a readable date string (such as YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss, etc).

The picture below shows this annoying behavior.

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I remember in my old visual studio 2017, it showed date-time objects in "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.ttt" format. How do I change this?

Thanks for asking this because looking for an answer taught me that you can pin multiple preview formats. — reynoldsbj, Sep 01 '20 at 06:00
I have added an answer to describe the issue in detail and hope it could help you. — Mr Qian, Sep 02 '20 at 08:14

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 02 '20 at 08:12

I agree with reynoldsbj. I think you have pinned the Ticks property in the LoadAreaTo Drop down menu bar so that it will overwrite the default Date property.

This is a video about the detailed description:

You should unpin the property Ticks so that it will show date-time objects in YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.tt format.

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 01 '20 at 05:49

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Click the dropdown in that previewer and unpin Ticks or pin Date if you want to see both.

answered Sep 01 '20 at 05:49

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Visual Studio debugger shows Date Time as Ticks when mouse hover instead of an understandable Date String Format

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