I'm completely new to C# Asp.Net, and having trouble formatting the following string:
string defTo = string.Format (@"{0:yyyy\/MM\/dd}" , DateTime.Now);
It prints as: YYYYMMDD
I would like it to print as: YYYY/MM/DD <- Notice the forward slashes.
Can someone point out how I could achieve this?
try this:
string defTo =DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy/MM/dd")
Remove the backslashes:
string defTo = string.Format("{0:yyyy/MM/dd}", DateTime.Now);
try
DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy/MM/dd")
You were close:
string defTo = string.Format("{0:dd\\/MM\\/yyyy}", DateTime.Now);
EDIT: This should work too:
"{0:dd'/'MM'/'yyyy}"
You don't need a escape character for "/" just remove it:
string defTo = string.Format ( @"{0:yyyy/MM/dd}" , DateTime.Now );
You don't need the forward slashes since you declared it a literal string @"...".
Anything inside the quotes are "as-is" except for other quote characters. To escape them you should double them:
var str1 = @"this is a ""double quote"" in a literal string";
