TechnoBlogy » DateTime http://technoblogy.net Technology with a Big difference Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:29:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Date Time string formatting in ASP.NET http://technoblogy.net/date-time-string-formatting-in-asp-net/ http://technoblogy.net/date-time-string-formatting-in-asp-net/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:15:15 +0000 Nauman http://technoblogy.net/date-time-string-formatting-in-asp-net/ With the following code you can format a DateTime within a Databind.

<%# DateTime.Parse(Eval("DateModified").ToString()).ToString("MM-dd-yyyy")%>

Some more format specifiers that can change format of datetime objects the way it is required.

Format specifier Name
d Short date pattern
D Long date pattern
t Short time pattern
T Long time pattern
f Full date/time pattern ( short time )
F Full date/time pattern ( long time )
g General date/time pattern ( short time )
G General date/time pattern ( long time )
M or m Month day pattern
R or r RFC1123 pattern
s Sortable date/time pattern; conforms to ISO 8601
u Universal sortable date/time pattern
U Universal sortable date/time pattern
Y or y Year month pattern
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