Remove the time part and convert date time in different format

Question

I have a date time object ,Whose time part I am extracting by this

var dateAndTime = Convert.ToDateTime(certificate.GetEffectiveDateString());
var date = dateAndTime.Date;

date is returning a value :10/23/2013 12:00:00 AM where is should only return 10/23/2013 Don't know why the time part is not removed.

After time part is removed, I need date to be converted in to this format October 23,2013.

Can we remove the time part and change it into this format by some formats defined.

Solution 1

There in no convertion in datetime. If you have a string to datetime, use a DateTime.TryParse. If you have a datetime and want a formatted string. You can use a format string:

dateAndTime.ToString("MMMM dd,yyyy");

will give you a formatted date string.

Solution 2

Use following to get format October 23, 2013

dt.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy");  

Date Time formats

Solution 3

The DateTime.Date is just a DateTime with the time portion set to zero, or midnight. If you are trying to output it as a string, then you can use either ToShortDateString() or one of the many various custom formats.

date.ToString("MMMM dd,yyyy")

should give you the output you are looking for.

For information on DateTime.Date

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime.date.aspx

For more information on format strings for DateTime

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az4se3k1.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx

Solution 4

Here are all the standard date formats.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az4se3k1.aspx

Solution 5

Use the Date property:

OR

 var dateAndTime = DateTime.Now;
   dateAndTime.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")

The date variable will contain the date, the time part will be 00:00:00.

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[CodeCaster]

possible duplicate of Display only date and no time