Convert Date Value to Specific Format in C#

Question

How to convert any date format to a specified format in C#.

For example:

If Date Format is

14.11.2011 or 14/11/2011

Looking for a conversion function which converts into

yyyy-MM-dd format like 2011-11-14

Have you tried to search even a BIT?! [tag:DateTime](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/datetime), [tag:DateTime-Format](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/datetime-format) — abatishchev, Jan 23 '12 at 08:15

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '12 at 08:13

9

Easy peasy:

var date = DateTime.Parse("14/11/2011"); // may need some Culture help here
Console.Write(date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd"));

answered Jan 23 '12 at 08:13

Andrew Barber

Thanks Andrew, Appreciate your kind time to anwser rather than downvoting :) – Suave Nti Jan 23 '12 at 08:27
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@DarkRider You are welcome. However, three things: 1) Don't make assumptions about who voted up/down based on comments/answers. It's very possible *I* did down vote, and abatishchev did not. 2) Don't take down votes personally. 3) You could, possibly, have found an answer more quickly by searching. (although in this specific case, you did get a few answers *very* fast...) – Andrew Barber Jan 23 '12 at 08:31
Thanks andrew, But times downvote will discourage a fresher to ask a question in SO. such in my case :) – Suave Nti Jan 23 '12 at 08:37
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@DarkRider You are exactly right in a way: Down votes discourage the questions that get down voted. *That is exactly intended*. I've been down voted plenty of times; I learn from it. – Andrew Barber Jan 23 '12 at 08:39

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '12 at 08:15

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string customFormattedDateTimeString = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");

answered Jan 23 '12 at 08:15

archil

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Correct; The question is also asking about parsing, though. Or at least it seems logical to assume that, since it talks about an existing date format (which does not apply if you already have a `DateTime` object.) – Andrew Barber Jan 23 '12 at 08:18

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 29 '12 at 06:50

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string s = "May 29,2012";
DateTime dt;
DateTime.TryParse(s, out dt);

Response.Write(dt.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy"));

edited May 29 '12 at 06:50

Botz3000

answered May 29 '12 at 05:48

Vinoth

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 23 '12 at 08:20

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You can use the DateTime.Parse or DateTime.ParseExact methods to parse the string into a DateTime then you can use the DateTime.ToString() to return the date in the new format. For standard formatting check this page for custom date formats this

answered Jan 23 '12 at 08:20

tbt

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