Formatting the DateTime control
Last Update: October 30, 2017
Here are examples on how to format the DateTime control using Format property of the DateTime control.
Date|Time Format Table
| 10/10/2017 | m/d/Y H:i:s a | 10/10/2017 11:52:25 am |
| 10/10/2017 | F d, Y | October 10, 2017 |
| 10/10/2017 | M d, Y | Oct 10, 2017 |
| 10/10/2017 | M d, y | Oct 10, 17 |
| 10/10/2017 | M d, y g:i | Oct 10, 17 12:03 |
| 10/10/2017 | M d, y g:i:s | Oct 10, 17 12:04:23 |
| 10/10/2017 | m/d/Y H:i:s a | 10/10/2017 12:13:09 pm |
The following characters are recognized in the Format property of the DateTime control. The format specified in the Format property should be a correct datetime format, otherwise the control will show today’s date|time (see the above examples).
| Day |
| F | A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March |
| M | Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros |
| M | A short textual representation of a month, three letters |
| N | Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros |
| Year |
| Y | A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits |
| Y | A two digit representation of a year |
| Time |
| A | Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem |
| A | Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem |
| B | Swatch Internet time |
| g | 12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros |
| G | 24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros |
| h | 12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros |
| H | 24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros |
| i | Minutes with leading zeros |
| s | Seconds, with leading zeros |
| u | Microseconds. Will always generate 000000. |
