C# DateTimeOffset Formatting Quick Reference
This post is a quick reference for the DateTime/DateTimeOffset formatting. Using the .ToString you can pass in a string, using the below "Format" text, you can get example text below. You can mix and match the formats and create your own custom formatted dates.
Using Try .Net take the below Code For Reference to see and play with your self the text.
Example Date
| Year | Month | Day | Hour | Minute | Second | Millisecond | Offset | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2011 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 213 | +6 |
Example Formatted Date
| Format | | Formatted | |---|---|---| | %d | | 10 | | dd | | 10 | | ddd | | Fri | | dddd | | Friday | | %h | | 3 | | hh | | 03 | | %H | | 15 | | HH | | 15 | | %m | | 24 | | mm | | 24 | | %M | | 24 | | MM | | 06 | | MMM | | Jun | | MMMM | | June | | %s | | 16 | | ss | | 16 | | %t | | P | | tt | | PM | | %y | | 11 | | yy | | 11 | | yyy | | 2011 | | yyyy | | 2011 | | %K | | +06:00 | | %z | | +6 | | zz | | +06 | | zzz | | +06:00 | | %f | | 2 | | ff | | 21 | | fff | | 213 | | ffff | | 2130 | | fffff | | 21300 | | ffffff | | 213000 | | fffffff | | 2130000 |
Code For Reference
DateTimeOffset exampleDate = new DateTimeOffset(
2011,
6,
10,
15,
24,
16,
213,
TimeSpan.FromHours(6)
);
var formatString = "MM.dd-yyyy h:m:ss zzz";
var formatted = exampleDate.ToString(
formatString
);
Console.WriteLine($"{formatString} >> {formatted}");
Code Used to Generate Table
DateTimeOffset exampleDate = new DateTimeOffset(
2011,
6,
10,
15,
24,
16,
213,
TimeSpan.FromHours(6)
);
var formatters = new string[] {
"%d",
"dd",
"ddd",
"dddd",
"%h",
"hh",
"%H",
"HH",
"%m",
"mm",
"%M",
"MM",
"MMM",
"MMMM",
"%s",
"ss",
"%t",
"tt",
"%y",
"yy",
"yyy",
"yyyy",
"%K",
"%z",
"zz",
"zzz",
"%f",
"ff",
"fff",
"ffff",
"fffff",
"ffffff",
"fffffff"
};
Console.WriteLine("| Year | Month | Day | Hour | Minute | Second | Millisecond | Offset |");
Console.WriteLine("|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|");
Console.WriteLine("| 2011 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 16 | 213 | +6 |");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("| Format | | Formatted |");
Console.WriteLine("|---|---|---|");
foreach (var formatString in formatters)
{
// Here is the quick way to format a Date
var formatted = exampleDate.ToString(
formatString
);
Console.WriteLine($"| ***{formatString}*** | | {formatted} |");
}
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