formatting date in C#

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I am retrieving date from MS-Access database. In the database 'TDate' is in dd-MM-yy format. But when I am retrieving it for a grid, it is not showing in the correct format. I also tried to convert it into datetime, but it doesn't happen. Can somebody help me out?

C#

IFormatProvider culture = new CultureInfo("hi-IN", true);
TDate =ds.Tables["tbl_Bank_Book"].Rows[i]["TDate"].ToString();
//   dt = Convert.ToDateTime(TDate,culture);
//  DateTime t = DateTime.Parse(TDate, culture);
//  dt = DateTime.ParseExact(TDate, "dd-MM-yyyy", culture, DateTimeStyles.NoCurrentDateDefault);

Posted 20-Jan-11 0:33am

arshad alam

Updated 20-Jan-11 0:37am

JF2015

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justinonday 20-Jan-11 6:46am

TDate =ds.Tables["tbl_Bank_Book"].Rows[i]["TDate"].ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

arshad alam 20-Jan-11 7:27am

i am getting compile exception, ToString() method cannt be overloaded.

have you checked ever??

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Solution 5

Thank you all who replied for my question but i did in in this way....

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DateTime theDate = DateTime.Parse(dateTimePicker1.Value.ToString());
MessageBox.Show( MyFormatting1(theDate));
}

private string MyFormatting1(DateTime dt)
{
StringBuilder dateString = new StringBuilder();
dateString.Append(dt.Day);
dateString.Append("-");
dateString.Append(dt.Month);
dateString.Append("-");
dateString.Append(dt.Year.ToString());
return dateString.ToString();
}

Thank you,
Arshad

Posted 21-Jan-11 20:01pm

arshad alam

Solution 4

You do not say if this is a WinForms or ASP/WebForm application and simply referring to a 'grid' only confuses things more as there are several varieties of 'grid'.

If it is WinForms and you do actually mean a DataGridView, then this[^] example of using the CellFormatting event to modify data for display might be useful. It even gives an example for Dates.

Posted 20-Jan-11 4:55am

Henry Minute

Solution 3

Hi,

Please refer this article

http://www.codedigest.com/Articles/ASPNET/137_How_to_format_DateTime_in_GridView_BoundColumn_and_TemplateColumn.aspx[^]

Posted 20-Jan-11 4:32am

Hemraj Gujar

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#realJSOP · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-20T01:31:00

Solution 2

Checkout the DateTime.ParseExact method:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/w2sa9yss.aspx[^]

EDIT============

I don't know why this was down-voted. ParseExact will address his problem.

Posted 20-Jan-11 1:31am

#realJSOP

Updated 20-Jan-11 4:39am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 20-Jan-11 13:12pm

Yes, it should. I up-voted 5.

Hemraj Gujar 21-Jan-11 5:31am

perfect

Abhinav S · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-20T00:39:00

Solution 1

This[^] might help.

Posted 20-Jan-11 0:39am

Abhinav S

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Blesson Mathew 20-Jan-11 6:41am

Good direction so 5+

Henry Minute 20-Jan-11 10:46am

Excellent link! + 5