Convert string from one date format to another

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I am trying to convert 2014-12-25 (yyyy-mm-dd), to December 25, 2014. What is the best practice on how to do this? I currently have it stored in a variable because they are choosing the date from a date picker, but I am displaying that value somewhere else on the page and want it in the above format.

Code:

myLabel.Text = "Period: " + FromDate + " to " + ToDate;

The from and to date are the two variables holding the date from the datepicker. I need help on converting it to December 25, 2014

The goal of this was actually to see how many down votes a question could get. Doing good so far @JeremyThompson — codeFinatic, Feb 17 '15 at 23:53
_I want a [packet of Tim Tams that never runs out](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoggSVxghWs)_ . Welcome to SO. Please don't post requirements and like Tim Tims, expect code to magically appear. Any code to show? What research have you done? Good luck! (the code you are showing at the moment has nothing to do with conversion so it arguably does not count) — , Feb 18 '15 at 00:36

Mihai Caracostea · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-17T23:46:45.490

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thisDate1.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy")

Edit:

Since your variables are string:

DateTime.ParseExact(stringDate, "yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture).ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy");

That would give you the conversion of formats from your string datetime to the one you want.

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answered Feb 17 '15 at 23:37

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so i could do, FromDate.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy") ? FromDate is already is String. I don't think it will like that – codeFinatic Feb 17 '15 at 23:41

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 17 '15 at 23:46

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Console.WriteLine("Today is " + thisDate1.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy") + ".");

See "Custom Date and Time Format Strings"

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 18 '15 at 00:04

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myLabel.Text = "Period: " + FromDate.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy") + " to " + ToDate.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy");

edited Feb 18 '15 at 00:04

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answered Feb 17 '15 at 23:37

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So, why the downvote? Is my answer misleading? – Paul McLean Feb 17 '15 at 23:40
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I'm not the down voter, but your answer only works if the OP's variables are dates, which he has added they are not. – jac Feb 17 '15 at 23:54
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Not dv either. But you should provide an explanation, or at least link to the documentation.... – Willem Van Onsem Feb 18 '15 at 00:17

Hamid Pourjam · Answer 4 · 2015-02-17T23:50:50.133

if you have "2014-12-25" in string variable you should parse it first and convert it to a DateTime

 var dt = DateTime.ParseExact(FromDate, "yyyy-MM-dd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
 Console.WriteLine(dt.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy"));

but if you have "2014-12-25" already in a DateTime variable it is just a matter of formatting. just use

 Console.WriteLine(FromDate.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy"));

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