convert datetime to date format dd/mm/yyyy

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I have a DateTime object 2/19/2011 12:00:00 AM. I want to convert this object to a string 19/2/2011.

Please help me to convert DateTime to string format.

Is it `object` a `DateTime`? By convert, you mean you want a string formatted? How do you define the "the most possible answers"? — The Scrum Meister, Feb 19 '11 at 10:02
Do you want string formatting, or do you want just the date? — Jean Hominal, Feb 19 '11 at 10:04
Please make your question *much, much* clearer. Read http://tinyurl.com/so-hints — Jon Skeet, Feb 19 '11 at 10:05
I'm really not a person to complain about laziness (I'm myself lazy way too often), but this is clearly a case of not looking before asking, just look at how many related questions exist, with even **the exact same date format string** (and I have no doubt that this is what aswathi is after) — ntziolis, Feb 19 '11 at 10:09

score 115 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 22 '16 at 05:57

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DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(yourObject.ToString(), "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

string s = dt.ToString("dd/M/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

edited Apr 22 '16 at 05:57

FUD

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answered Feb 19 '11 at 10:07

Karel

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Sandeep, then you'll have to use the `DateTime.TryParse()` method. – MCattle Sep 09 '13 at 15:04
Hi Karel your solution is great works for me but I want to get date like ''19-Feb-2011". How can I get that? – 3 rules Jan 23 '16 at 08:20
Does ParseExact only accept this format 'MM/dd/yyyy'? – Axel Sep 22 '16 at 15:31
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DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact("10/1/2016 4:36:37 PM", "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture); i get an error of String was not recognized as a valid DateTime. – Fazal Oct 13 '16 at 10:14
@Fazal your day is "1" instead of "01" so change de format string from "dd" to "d" – Fernando Torres Jul 18 '19 at 07:20

score 29 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '11 at 10:05

First of all, you don't convert a DateTime object to some format, you display it in some format.

Given an instance of a DateTime object, you can get a formatted string in that way like this:

DateTime date = new DateTime(2011, 2, 19);
string formatted = date.ToString("dd/M/yyyy");

xanatos · Answer 3 · 2011-10-25T18:49:08.093

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As everyone else said, but remember CultureInfo.InvariantCulture!

string s = dt.ToString("dd/M/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

OR escape the '/'.

edited Oct 25 '11 at 18:49

answered Feb 19 '11 at 10:12

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What is the purpose of InvariantCulture here? – Feb 19 '11 at 10:17
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Not all the cultures use the / as a date separator. Some write dd-MM-yyyy. The framework converts the / in your format string to the date separator of the current culture (current at the time of execution). But you want to always use the / separator. The second option (OR escape...) is to "escape" the /, so that ToString doesn't consider it as a date separator but as a "fixed" char. You escape with '\', so it would be @"dd\/M\/yyyy" (the @ is because otherwhise you would have to escape the \, so "dd\\/M\\/yyyy"). All of them are quite unreadable, so it's better to fix the CultureInfo. – xanatos Feb 19 '11 at 10:21

score 11 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 20 '15 at 06:03

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You have to pass the CultureInfo to get the result with slash(/)

DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

edited Jun 20 '15 at 06:03

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answered Jun 20 '15 at 05:58

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score 10 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 03 '14 at 06:13

DateTime.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") may give the date in dd-MM-yyyy format. This depends on your short date format. If short date format is not as per format, we have to replace character '-' with '/' as below:

 date = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy").Replace('-','/');

score 7 · Answer 6 · edited Apr 29 '13 at 17:09

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It's simple--tostring() accepts a parameter with this format...

DateTime.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

edited Apr 29 '13 at 17:09

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answered Apr 29 '13 at 16:47

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score 4 · Answer 7 · edited Aug 16 '12 at 19:33

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Here is a method, that takes datetime(format:01-01-2012 12:00:00) and returns string(format: 01-01-2012)

public static string GetDateFromDateTime(DateTime datevalue){
    return datevalue.ToShortDateString(); 
}

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answered Aug 16 '12 at 09:32

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Smur · Answer 8 · 2011-02-19T10:12:46.813

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You can use the ToString() method, if you want a string representation of your date, with the correct formatting.

Like:

DateTime date = new DateTime(2011, 02, 19);
string strDate = date.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

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answered Feb 19 '11 at 10:05

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score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 08 '21 at 17:23

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In C# 10 you can use DateOnly.

DateOnly date = new(2011, 02, 19);
string output = date.ToString("dd/M/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

answered Nov 08 '21 at 17:23

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 25 '16 at 17:20

On my login form I am showing the current time on a label.

    public FrmLogin()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        lblTime.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt");
    }

    private void tmrTime_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        lblHora.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt");
    }

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Feb 19 '11 at 10:04

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If you want the string use -

DateTime.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")

answered Feb 19 '11 at 10:04

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score 1 · Answer 12 · edited Mar 11 '20 at 11:50

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string currentdatetime = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd'/'MM'/'yyyy");

edited Mar 11 '20 at 11:50

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answered Mar 11 '20 at 10:42

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score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 20 '22 at 09:53

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DateTime.Parse(YOUR_DATE_OBJECT).ToShortDateString();

ToShortDateString() method will help you convert DateTime To Just Date String,format dd/mm/yyyy.

answered Dec 20 '22 at 09:53

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score -1 · Answer 14 · edited Aug 03 '17 at 12:56

This works for me:

string dateTimeString = "21‎-‎10‎-‎2014‎ ‎15‎:‎40‎:‎30";
dateTimeString = Regex.Replace(dateTimeString, @"[^\u0000-\u007F]", string.Empty);

string inputFormat = "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss";
string outputFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
var dateTime = DateTime.ParseExact(dateTimeString, inputFormat, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
string output = dateTime.ToString(outputFormat);

Console.WriteLine(output);

score -6 · Answer 15 · answered Feb 25 '16 at 12:07

this is you need and all people

   string date  = textBox1.Text;

        DateTime date2 = Convert.ToDateTime(date);
        var date3 = date2.Date;
        var D = date3.Day;
      var M =  date3.Month;         
      var y = date3.Year;
      string monthStr = M.ToString("00");
      string date4 = D.ToString() + "/" + monthStr.ToString() + "/" + y.ToString();


      textBox1.Text = date4;

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