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C # datetime format

I want to have a specific format for my DateTime depending on the current culture.

So, I try this:

dateTime.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm");

This is partially ok, // is replaced with a special delimiter. But the order of the day and month does not switch (like MM / dd) depending on the culture.

Usage .ToString("g")

works, but does not include leading zero.

How to do it?

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I think this will do what you want:

System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo format =
    System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat;
string dateTime = DateTime.Now.ToString(format.FullDateTimePattern);

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You can do the following in a short date / time:

    System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo format =
         System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat;
    string dateTime = DateTime.Now.ToString(format.ShortDatePattern + " " + 
         format.ShortTimePattern);
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Instead of using "g", you can find the format you want on the Standard Date and Time Format documentation page .



Edit: It looks like you might want CultureInfo.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern , but check the parameters anyway.

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The character /

is a placeholder that will be replaced with the current culture date separator character. If you want to "hard-code" the format to use /

, you need to change the format string as follows:

dateTime.ToString("dd'/'MM'/'yyyy hh':'mm");
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You want to use "g", but the leading zero is culture dependent. Invariant culture and some others will include a leading zero, but other cultures will not.

Any specific reason why you want to keep the leading zero?

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try this:

var cinf = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.DateSeparator;

DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm").Replace(cinf,"/");
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This article should answer your question: Date and Time Formatting for a Specific Culture

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If you are not satisfied with the standard templates, you can edit them as follows:

DateTimeFormatInfo format = (DateTimeFormatInfo) CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.Clone();
format.ShortTimePattern = "hh:mm"; // example only
string result = value.ToString("g", format);
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