String Format of Date in CheckBox Content

Question

I have a CheckBox that I want to say;

"Load Prior to: 01/01/2001"

But instead the content says;

"Load Prior to: 01 01 2001"

Basically there are no slashes. This is my how I set the content;

oldContactsCheckBox.Content = 
  "Load Contracts Prior To: " + 
   DateTime.Today.AddYears(-3).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

How can I change this so that the slashes are included in the formatting?

This [Questions](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6362088/c-sharp-date-formatting-is-losing-slash-separators) is your answer. — moien, Oct 10 '16 at 14:08

Dmitry Bychenko · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-10T14:20:53.287

4

Try escaping:

oldContactsCheckBox.Content = 
  "Load Contracts Prior To: " + 
  DateTime.Today.AddYears(-3).ToString(@"dd\/MM\/yyyy");

A better implementation is string interpolation (C# 6.0):

oldContactsCheckBox.Content = 
  $@"Load Contracts Prior To: {DateTime.Today.AddYears(-3):dd\/MM\/yyyy}";

or formatting:

oldContactsCheckBox.Content = string.Format(
  @"Load Contracts Prior To: {0:dd\/MM\/yyyy}",
    DateTime.Today.AddYears(-3));

edited Oct 10 '16 at 14:20

answered Oct 10 '16 at 14:06

Dmitry Bychenko

Note that string interpolation is only available from C#6 – Geoff James Oct 10 '16 at 14:16

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