DateTimePicker Date formatting value

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I am getting date value correctly from DateTimePicker using DateTimePicker.Value.

However I wish to format my date to be YYYYMMDD (ex: "20151020"). Is this possible please?

Possible duplicate of [How to get only the date value from a Windows Forms DateTimePicker control?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1138195/how-to-get-only-the-date-value-from-a-windows-forms-datetimepicker-control) — turbopipp, Oct 20 '15 at 07:18

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '15 at 06:52

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Simple formating can be achieved by using the following code.

DateTimePicker.Value.ToString("yyyyMMdd");

answered Oct 20 '15 at 06:52

sujith karivelil

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 20 '15 at 06:55

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DateTimePicker.Value returns DateTime, not a string. A DateTime does not have any implicit format. It just have date and time values. It's textual representation can have a format which is usually done with ToString() method like;

string myFormat = DateTimePicker.Value.ToString("yyyyMMdd", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Remember, there is no YYYY and DD as a custom date and time format strings. They should be as yyyy and dd since they are case sensitive.

answered Oct 20 '15 at 06:55

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nice point `. It's textual representation can have a format which is usually done with ToString() method like;` – sujith karivelil Oct 20 '15 at 06:59

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 20 '15 at 06:56

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Seems you want to have your result in string format:

string dateFormat = "yyyyMMdd";
string result = DateTimePicker.Value.ToString(dateFormat);

For other formats, here's the reference:

http://www.csharp-examples.net/string-format-datetime/

answered Oct 20 '15 at 06:56

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DateTimePicker Date formatting value

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