Date object to string formatting

Posted on: Thu Jul 10 18:26:48 -0700 2008. Updated on: Thu Jul 10 18:27:35 -0700 2008.
Category: DotNet

To get a DateTime object as a string, or get different parts of it, you can do something like this:

DateTime date = DateTime.Now;

string dirName = String.Format("{0:yyyy}{0:MM}{0:dd}", date);
This would output: YYYYMMDD with leading zeroes. To see a full list of formatting parameters got to: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4(VS.71).aspx

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