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12/24 Hour Time format

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5 Jun 2011CPOL 232.1K  
Display Date Time in 12/24 hour time format in C#/VB.NET

Code


C#.NET
C#
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Response.Write("With Seconds" + "<br />");
    Response.Write("12 Hour Date Format : " + DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm:ss tt") + "<br />");
    Response.Write("24 Hour Date Format : " + DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss tt") + "<br />");
    Response.Write("Without Seconds" + "<br />");
    Response.Write("12 Hour Date Format : " + DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm tt") + "<br />");
    Response.Write("24 Hour Date Format : " + DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm tt") + "<br />");
}

VB.NET
VB
Protected Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
	Response.Write("With Seconds" & "<br />")
	Response.Write("12 Hour Date Format : " & DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm:ss tt") & "<br />")
	Response.Write("24 Hour Date Format : " & DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss tt") & "<br />")
	Response.Write("Without Seconds" & "<br />")
	Response.Write("12 Hour Date Format : " & DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm tt") & "<br />")
	Response.Write("24 Hour Date Format : " & DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm tt") & "<br />")
End Sub

Output


With Seconds
12 Hour Date Format : 03:01:31 PM
24 Hour Date Format : 15:01:31 PM
Without Seconds
12 Hour Date Format : 03:01 PM
24 Hour Date Format : 15:01 PM

Further Reading


Custom Date and Time Format Strings[^]

License

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