How to format the date?

[JCel]

Hi how to format the date to dd-mm-yyyy that has to be assigned to a TextBox control? My current date format is mm/dd/yyyy

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

Where are you getting the date from? If it's a DateTime object you can do .ToString("dd-MM-yyyy") when assigning it to the TB.Text

 

[JohnH]

If it's bound select '(Advanced)' in DataBindings property where you select 'Date Time' format and the short date type. Also rather than a Textbox it's better to use a MaskedTextBox and set it's input format to 'Short date'.

Note that setting the date string formats explicitly to a format that only conforms to a single culture rarely is a good idea. In JB example using the short date format "d" would be culture independent, and same as using the ToShortDateString method.

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

Isn't the ToShortDateString() in the "MM-dd-yyyy" format? and he wants "dd-MM-yyyy" format

 

[JohnH]

No, ToShortDateString is the culture independent "d" format, it displays the short date according to how short date strings is configured in computer regional settings.

 

[JCel]

Hi john,
I have used txtDate.Text=Now.ToShortTimeString and its output is in MM-DD-YYYY format...

Also your solution sounds good but the problem is I cant go and change the regional time to DD-MM-YYYY format in all PC?
so plz suggest some other method that can be coded in pgm...

 

[JohnH]

JB has suggested that. Why do you need to display a date string different than the user culture format?

problem is I cant go and change the regional time to DD-MM-YYYY format in all PC?

Neither should you do that.