Standard date/time formats
Directive | Name | Description | Culture-/localized | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|
d | Short date | Date only, short | Yes | 10/12/2002 |
D | Long date | Date only, long | Yes | December 10, 2002 |
t | Short time | Time only, short | Yes | 10:11 PM |
T | Long time | Time only, long | Yes | 10:11:29 PM |
f | Full date/time (short time) | Date and Time, excl. seconds | Yes | December 10, 2002 10:11 PM |
F | Full date/time (long time) | Date and Time, incl. seconds | Yes | December 10, 2002 10:11:29 PM |
g | General date/time (short time) | Date and Time, excl. seconds | Yes | 10/12/2002 10:11 PM |
G | General date/time (long time) | Date and Time, incl. seconds | Yes | 10/12/2002 10:11:29 PM |
M | Month/day | Month and day | Yes | December 10 |
r | RFC1123 | RFC1123 standard | No | Tue, 10 Dec 2002 22:11:29 GMT |
s | Sortable date/time | No | 2002-12-10T22:11:29 | |
u | Universal sortable date/time | No | 2002-12-10 22:13:50Z | |
Y | Year month pattern | Yes | December, 2002 |
User-defined date/time formats
Directive | Description | Code example | Display example |
---|---|---|---|
dd | Day | {0:dd} | 10 |
ddd | Day name | {0:ddd} | Tue |
dddd | Full day name | {0:dddd} | Tuesday |
f, ff, | Second fractions | {0:fff} | 932 |
gg, | Era | {0:gg} | A.D. |
hh | 2 digit hour | {0:hh} | 10 |
HH | 2 digit hour, 24hr format | {0:HH} | 22 |
mm | Minute 00-59 | {0:mm} | 38 |
MM | Month 01-12 | {0:MM} | 12 |
MMM | Month abbreviation | {0:MMM} | Dec |
MMMM | Full month name | {0:MMMM} | December |
ss | Seconds 00-59 | {0:ss} | 46 |
tt | AM or PM | {0:tt} | PM |
yy | Year, 2 digits | {0:yy} | 02 |
yyyy | Year | {0:yyyy} | 2002 |
zz | Timezone offset, 2 digits | {0:zz} | -05 |
zzz | Full timezone offset | {0:zzz} | -05:00 |
: | Separator | {0:hh:mm:ss} | 10:43:20 |
/ | Separator | {0:dd/MM/yyyy} | 10/12/2002 |
Standard number formats
Directive | Description | Code example | Display example |
---|---|---|---|
c | Currency | {0:c} | $1.42 |
d | Decimal (Whole number) | {0:d} | System.FormatException |
e | Scientific | {0:e} | 1.420000e+000 |
f | Fixed point | {0:f} | 1.42 |
g | General | {0:g} | 1.42 |
n | Number with commas for thousands | {0:n} | 1.42 |
r | Round trippable | {0:r} | 1.42 |
x | Hexadecimal | {0:x4} | System.FormatException |
User-defined number formats
Directive | Description | Code example | Display example |
---|---|---|---|
0 | Zero placeholder | {0:00.0000} | 1500.4200 |
# | Digit placeholder | {0:(#).##} | (1500).42 |
. | Decimal point | {0:0.0} | 1500.4 |
, | Thousand separator | {0:0,0} | 1,500 |
,. | Number scaling | {0:0,.} | 2 |
% | Percent | {0:0%} | 150042% |
e | Exponent placeholder | {0:00e+0} | 15e+2 |