The properties of the DateTime class in C#

The DateTime class in C# offers several methods and properties to format various date formats. Below you will see all the patterns of the DateTime class and its results.

DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy") - 05/08/2020

DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy") - Friday, 08 May 2020

DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss") - Friday, 08 May 2020 11:30:06

DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm") - 05/08/2020 11:30

DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt") - 05/08/2020 11:30 AM

DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy H:mm") - 05/08/2020 11:30

DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt") - 05/08/2020 11:30 AM

DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM dd") - May 08

DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm") - 11:30

DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm tt") - 11:30 AM

DateTime.Now.ToString("H:mm") - 11:30

DateTime.Now.ToString("h:mm tt") - 11:30 AM

DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss") - 11:30:06

DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy MMMM") - 2020 May

Abbreviations

• d represents the day of the month as a number from 1 through 31.

• dd represents the day of the month as a number from 01 through 31.

• ddd represents the abbreviated name of the day (Mon, Tues, etc).

• dddd represents the full name of the day (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc).

• h represents the 12-hour clock hour

• hh represents the 12-hour clock, with a leading 0

• H represents the 24-hour clock hour

• HH represents the 24-hour clock hour, with a leading 0

• m represents minutes

• mm represents minutes with a leading zero

• M represents the month number

• MM represents the month number with leading zero

• MMM represents the abbreviated month Name

• MMMM represents the full month name

• s represents seconds

• ss represents seconds with leading zero

• y represents the year, no leading zero (2020 would be 20)

• yy represents the year, leading zero (2020 would be 020)

• yyy represents the year (2020)

If you want to read more about DateTime in C#, check out its documentation.