Format DateTime in C#

Question

how can I format date to display in the following format 03-Feb-2011

I tried this statement but it did not work properly

string.Format(visitDate.Value.ToShortDateString(), "dd-MMM-yyyy")

Solution 1

visitDate.Value.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy"); 

Assuming visitDate is a DateTime.

Solution 2

you have to use:

visitDate.Value.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy");

Solution 3

string.format is valid but the parameter order you use are invalid:

DateTime? visitDate = null;
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(visitDate == null ? "" : String.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy}", visitDate));

visitDate = DateTime.Now;
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(visitDate == null ? "" : String.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy}", visitDate));

That should do the trick.

Comments

[bleeeah]

I meant a "Assuming visitDate is a DateTime? (nullable)"

[Sean]

It looks like visitDate is DateTime? (nullable), so he'll have to use visitDate == null ? "" : visitDate.Value.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy") [assuming you want "" if visitDate is null]