Date formatting
15 November, 2020
The table below shows all the available date formatting options in most programming languages.
Example’s of how to use these formats include:
@DateTime.Now.ToString("F")
@DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm:ss.fff")| Specifier | Description | Output |
|---|---|---|
| d | Short Date | 08/04/2007 |
| D | Long Date | 08 April 2007 |
| t | Short Time | 21:08 |
| T | Long Time | 21:08:59 |
| f | Full date and time | 08 April 2007 21:08 |
| F | Full date and time (long) | 08 April 2007 21:08:59 |
| g | Default date and time | 08/04/2007 21:08 |
| G | Default date and time (long) | 08/04/2007 21:08:59 |
| M | Day / Month | 08 April |
| r | RFC1123 date | Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:08:59 GMT |
| s | Sortable date/time | 2007-04-08T21:08:59 |
| u | Universal time, local timezone | 2007-04-08 21:08:59Z |
| Y | Month / Year | April 2007 |
| dd | Day | 08 |
| ddd | Short Day Name | Sun |
| dddd | Full Day Name | Sunday |
| hh | 2 digit hour | 09 |
| HH | 2 digit hour (24 hour) | 21 |
| mm | 2 digit minute | 08 |
| MM | Month | 04 |
| MMM | Short Month name | Apr |
| MMMM | Month name | April |
| ss | seconds | 59 |
| fff | milliseconds | 120 |
| FFF | milliseconds without trailing zero | 12 |
| tt | AM/PM | PM |
| yy | 2 digit year | 07 |
| yyyy | 4 digit year | 2007 |
| : | Hours, minutes, seconds separator, e.g. {0:hh:mm:ss} | 09:08:59 |
| / | Year, month , day separator, e.g. {0:dd/MM/yyyy} | 08/04/2007 |
| . | milliseconds separator |
These specifiers are the same for most programming languages, making this a valuable resource for everyone.