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How to convert english string date to portuguese string date in C# .Net?

I have a string: 2014-06-15 and I need to convert to 15-06-2014 (dd-MM-yyyy format)

Only a Curious Mind
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String.Format("{0:dd-MM-yyyy}", DateTime.Parse("2014-06-15")); // "15-06-2014"

Or

DateTime.Parse("2014-06-15").ToString("dd-MM-yyyy"); // "15-06-2014"

String.Format can give you almost everything you need with the date parsing.

Taken from here. Examples:

// create date time 2008-03-09 16:05:07.123
DateTime dt = new DateTime(2008, 3, 9, 16, 5, 7, 123);

String.Format("{0:y yy yyy yyyy}", dt);  // "8 08 008 2008"   year
String.Format("{0:M MM MMM MMMM}", dt);  // "3 03 Mar March"  month
String.Format("{0:d dd ddd dddd}", dt);  // "9 09 Sun Sunday" day
String.Format("{0:h hh H HH}",     dt);  // "4 04 16 16"      hour 12/24
String.Format("{0:m mm}",          dt);  // "5 05"            minute
String.Format("{0:s ss}",          dt);  // "7 07"            second
String.Format("{0:f ff fff ffff}", dt);  // "1 12 123 1230"   sec.fraction
String.Format("{0:F FF FFF FFFF}", dt);  // "1 12 123 123"    without zeroes
String.Format("{0:t tt}",          dt);  // "P PM"            A.M. or P.M.
String.Format("{0:z zz zzz}",      dt);  // "-6 -06 -06:00"   time zone


Specifier   DateTimeFormatInfo property       Pattern value (for en-US culture)
t           ShortTimePattern                  h:mm tt
d           ShortDatePattern                  M/d/yyyy
T           LongTimePattern                   h:mm:ss tt
D           LongDatePattern                   dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy
f           (combination of D and t)          dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm tt
F           FullDateTimePattern               dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm:ss tt
g           (combination of d and t)          M/d/yyyy h:mm tt
G           (combination of d and T)          M/d/yyyy h:mm:ss tt
m, M        MonthDayPattern                   MMMM dd
y, Y        YearMonthPattern                  MMMM, yyyy
r, R        RFC1123Pattern                    ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT' (*)
s           SortableDateTi­mePattern           yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss (*)
u           UniversalSorta­bleDateTimePat­tern  yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z' (*)
                                              (*) = culture independent



String.Format("{0:t}", dt);  // "4:05 PM"                         ShortTime
String.Format("{0:d}", dt);  // "3/9/2008"                        ShortDate
String.Format("{0:T}", dt);  // "4:05:07 PM"                      LongTime
String.Format("{0:D}", dt);  // "Sunday, March 09, 2008"          LongDate
String.Format("{0:f}", dt);  // "Sunday, March 09, 2008 4:05 PM"  LongDate+ShortTime
String.Format("{0:F}", dt);  // "Sunday, March 09, 2008 4:05:07 PM" FullDateTime
String.Format("{0:g}", dt);  // "3/9/2008 4:05 PM"                ShortDate+ShortTime
String.Format("{0:G}", dt);  // "3/9/2008 4:05:07 PM"             ShortDate+LongTime
String.Format("{0:m}", dt);  // "March 09"                        MonthDay
String.Format("{0:y}", dt);  // "March, 2008"                     YearMonth
String.Format("{0:r}", dt);  // "Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:05:07 GMT"   RFC1123
String.Format("{0:s}", dt);  // "2008-03-09T16:05:07"             SortableDateTime
String.Format("{0:u}", dt);  // "2008-03-09 16:05:07Z"            UniversalSortableDateTime
Bura Chuhadar
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You can use DateTime Parse and ToString() methods :

var date = DateTime.Parse("2014-06-15");
var result = date.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy");
Console.WriteLine(result);
quantdev
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var date = DateTime.Parse("2014-06-15").ToString("d", 
           CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("pt-PT"));

This uses the settings from the specified culture.

Flat Eric
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  • Depending on the current culture of the computer running your code I think the `Parse` may have the opportunity parse incorrectly. It would be better to do `ParseExact` or specify the culture for the `Parse` too. – Scott Chamberlain Jun 02 '14 at 17:48
  • You don't necessarily need to use `ParseExact`, there is also an overload of `Parse` with an `IFormatProvider` as parameter. – Flat Eric Jun 02 '14 at 17:53
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You can either hard-code the format using the built-in DateTime format:

var testDate = DateTime.Parse("2014-06-15");
Console.WriteLine(testDate.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy")); // 02-06-2014

Or, you can use the CultureInfo class along with the DateTime.ToString(String, IFormatProvider) overload to force the string to use the system-specified format for that culture:

var testDate = DateTime.Parse("2014-06-15");
var usa = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US");
var portugal = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("pt-PT");
var brazil = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("pt-BR");

Console.WriteLine(testDate.ToString("d", usa)); // 6/2/2014
Console.WriteLine(testDate.ToString("d", portugal)); // 02-06-2014
Console.WriteLine(testDate.ToString("d", brazil)); // 02/06/2014

Also, for reference, here is a site with all of the format strings for the CultureInfo class for each supported culture:

http://www.csharp-examples.net/culture-names/

valverij
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