Standard Format Example List:

Format Code Result
MM/dd/yyyy Date.Now().ToString(”d”) 1/15/2010
dddd, dd MMMM yyyy Date.Now().ToString(”D”) Friday, January 15, 2010
dddd, dd MMMM yyyy hh:mm tt Date.Now().ToString(”f”) Friday, January 15, 2010 11:06 AM
dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Date.Now().ToString(”F”) Friday, January 15, 2010 11:06:46 AM
MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt Date.Now().ToString(”g”) 1/15/2010 11:06 AM
MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss Date.Now().ToString(”G”) 1/15/2010 11:06:46 AM
MMMM dd Date.Now().ToString(”m”) January 15
dd MMM yyyy HH’:'mm’:’ss ‘GMT’ Date.Now().ToString(”r”) Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:06:46 GMT
yyyy’-'MM’-'dd’T'HH’:'mm’:’ss Date.Now().ToString(”s”) 2010-01-15T11:06:46
yyyy’-'MM’-'dd HH’:'mm’:’ss’Z’ Date.Now().ToString(”u”) 2010-01-15 11:06:46Z
dddd, MMMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss Date.Now().ToString(”U”) Friday, January 15, 2010 3:06:46 AM
yyyy MMMM Date.Now().ToString(”y”) January, 2010


Custom Format Examples List:

DayFormat Value Sample header
d day of the month 1 – 31
dd day of the month 01 – 31
ddd

abbreviated name of the day of the week (Mon, Tues, Wed etc)
dddd

Full name of the day of the week (Monday, Tuesday etc)
h 12-hour clock hour (e.g. 9)
hh 12-hour clock, with a leading 0 (e.g. 09)
H 24-hour clock hour (e.g. 19)
HH

24-hour clock hour, with a leading 0 (e.g. 19)
t Abbreviated AM / PM (e.g. A or P)
tt AM / PM
y

Year. eg. 2009 become 9
yy Year. eg. 2009 become 09
yyy Year. 2009
yyyy Year. 2009
K

Represents the time zone information eg. +6:00
ss

Seconds with leading zero
m Minutes
mm Minutes with a leading zero
M

Month number 1-12
MM Month number with leading zero 01-12
MMM Abbreviated Month Name (Jan, Feb)
MMMM Full month name (January)
s Seconds
ss

Seconds with leading zero

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