Method 1: Convert.ToDateTime(string)
string format has requirements, it must be yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss
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Method 2: Convert.ToDateTime(string, IFormatProvider)
DateTime dt;
DateTimeFormatInfo dtFormat = new System.GlobalizationDateTimeFormatInfo();
dtFormat.ShortDatePattern = "yyyy/MM/dd";
dt = Convert.ToDateTime("2011/05/26", dtFormat);
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Method 2: DateTime.ParseExact()
string dateString = "20110526";
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, "yyyyMMdd", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
or
DateTime dt = DateTime.ParseExact(dateString, "yyyyMMdd", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
With reference information:
CultureInfo cultureInfo = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US"); string format = "ddd MMM d HH:mm:ss zz00 yyyy"; string stringValue = DateTime.Now.ToString(format, cultureInfo); Get the date string DateTime datetime = DateTime.ParseExact("Wed Aug 25 16:28:03 +0800 2010", format, cultureInfo); Convert strings to dates
other
Date format: yyyyMMdd HH:mm:ss (note that this string is very strictly case-based) yyyy: represents the year MM: Represents month dd: stands for heaven HH: Represents Hours (24-hour clock) mm: stands for minutes ss: stands for seconds DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString() DateTime dt = DateTime.Now; dt. ToString(); //2005-11-5 13:21:25 dt. ToFileTime(). ToString(); //127756416859912816 dt. ToFileTimeUtc(). ToString(); //127756704859912816 dt. ToLocalTime(). ToString(); //2005-11-5 21:21:25 dt. ToLongDateString(). ToString(); November 5, 2005 dt. ToLongTimeString(). ToString(); //13:21:25 dt. ToOADate(). ToString(); //38661.5565508218 dt. ToShortDateString(). ToString(); //2005-11-5 dt. ToShortTimeString(). ToString(); //13:21 dt. ToUniversalTime(). ToString(); //2005-11-5 5:21:25 dt. Year.ToString(); //2005 dt. Date.ToString(); //2005-11-5 0:00:00 dt. DayOfWeek.ToString(); //Saturday dt. DayOfYear.ToString(); //309 dt. Hour.ToString(); //13 dt. Millisecond.ToString(); //441 dt. Minute.ToString(); //30 dt. Month.ToString(); //11 dt. Second.ToString(); //28 dt. Ticks.ToString(); //632667942284412864 dt. TimeOfDay.ToString(); //13:30:28.4412864 dt. ToString(); //2005-11-5 13:47:04 dt. AddYears(1). ToString(); //2006-11-5 13:47:04 dt. AddDays(1.1). ToString(); //2005-11-6 16:11:04 dt. AddHours(1.1). ToString(); //2005-11-5 14:53:04 dt. AddMilliseconds(1.1). ToString(); //2005-11-5 13:47:04 dt. AddMonths(1). ToString(); //2005-12-5 13:47:04 dt. AddSeconds(1.1). ToString(); //2005-11-5 13:47:05 dt. AddMinutes(1.1). ToString(); //2005-11-5 13:48:10 dt. AddTicks(1000). ToString(); //2005-11-5 13:47:04 dt. CompareTo(dt). ToString(); //0 dt. Add(?). ToString(); The question mark is a time period dt. Equals("2005-11-6 16:11:04"). ToString(); //False dt. Equals(dt). ToString(); //True dt. GetHashCode(). ToString(); //1474088234 dt. GetType(). ToString(); //System.DateTime dt. GetTypeCode(). ToString(); //DateTime
dt. GetDateTimeFormats('s')[0]. ToString(); //2005-11-05T14:06:25 dt. GetDateTimeFormats('t')[0]. ToString(); //14:06 dt. GetDateTimeFormats('y')[0]. ToString(); November 2005 dt. GetDateTimeFormats('D')[0]. ToString(); November 5, 2005 dt. GetDateTimeFormats('D')[1]. ToString(); //2005 11 05 dt. GetDateTimeFormats('D')[2]. ToString(); Saturday 2005 11 05 dt. GetDateTimeFormats('D')[3]. ToString(); Saturday 5 November 2005 dt. GetDateTimeFormats('M')[0]. ToString(); November 5th dt. GetDateTimeFormats('f')[0]. ToString(); November 05, 2005 14:06 dt. GetDateTimeFormats('g')[0]. ToString(); //2005-11-5 14:06 dt. GetDateTimeFormats('r')[0]. ToString(); //Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:06:25 GMT string. Format("{0:d}",dt); //2005-11-5 string. Format("{0}",dt); November 5, 2005 string. Format("{0:f}",dt); November 05, 2005 2:23 PM string. Format("{0:F}",dt); 14:23:23, 5 Nov 2005 string. Format("{0:g}",dt); //2005-11-5 14:23 string. Format("{0:G}",dt); //2005-11-5 14:23:23 string. Format("{0:M}",dt); November 5th string. Format("{0:R}",dt); //Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:23:23 GMT string. Format("{0:s}",dt); //2005-11-05T14:23:23 string. Format("{0:t}",dt); //14:23 string. Format("{0:T}",dt); //14:23:23 string. Format("{0:u}",dt); //2005-11-05 14:23:23Z string. Format("{0:U}",dt); November 05, 2005 6:23:23 AM string. Format("{0:Y}",dt); November 2005 string. Format("{0}",dt); //2005-11-5 14:23:23 string. Format("{0:yyyyMMddHHmmssffff}",dt); Calculate the difference in days between 2 dates ----------------------------------------------- DateTime dt1 = Convert.DateTime("2007-8-1"); DateTime dt2 = Convert.DateTime("2007-8-15"); TimeSpan span = dt2. Subtract(dt1); int dayDiff = span. Days + 1; Calculate the number of days in a certain year and month ----------------------------------------------- int days = DateTime.DaysInMonth(2007, 8); days = 31; Add one day to the date and subtract one day ----------------------------------------------- DateTime dt =DateTime.Now; dt. AddDays(1); Add one day dt. AddDays(-1); One day less Other years are similar... Convert date functions in Oracle SQL ----------------------------------------------- to_date("2007-6-6",'YYYY-MM-DD"); to_date("2007/6/6",'yyyy/mm/dd"); |