What is the best way for me to format date using C#?

Question

"15-Nov-07" I need to turn into "11/15/2007" using C#.

How do I do that?

Answer 1

Try using the Parse() method of the DateTime value type.

string MyDateString = "15-Nov-07";

DateTime MyDateTime = DateTime.Parse(MyDateString);

MessageBox.Show( MyDateTime.ToShortDateString() );

Answer 2

on your form

add a button and a label called label1

add this to button1's event handler

label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString();

and run your code and click on button1

hope this helps

Answer 3

hay dude v have a control DateTimePicker and next there is property dateformat in property box  change the format to required one .Take care