csharp DateTime format

DateTime today = DateTime.Now;

//date parts:
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString()); //2010-10-12 15:13:58
Console.WriteLine(today.Day.ToString()); //12
Console.WriteLine(today.DayOfWeek.ToString()); //Tuesday
Console.WriteLine(today.DayOfYear.ToString()); //285
Console.WriteLine(today.Hour.ToString()); //15
Console.WriteLine(today.Millisecond.ToString()); //330
Console.WriteLine(today.Minute.ToString()); //13
Console.WriteLine(today.Month.ToString()); //10
Console.WriteLine(today.Second.ToString()); //58
Console.WriteLine(today.Ticks.ToString()); //634224932383306527
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.ToString()); //15:13:58.3306527
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.Days.ToString()); //0
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.Hours.ToString()); //15
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.Milliseconds.ToString()); //330
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.Minutes.ToString()); //13
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.Seconds.ToString()); //58
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.Ticks.ToString()); //548383306527
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.TotalDays.ToString()); //0.634702901072917
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.TotalHours.ToString()); //15.23286962575
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.TotalMilliseconds.ToString()); //54838330.6527
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.TotalMinutes.ToString()); //913.972177545
Console.WriteLine(today.TimeOfDay.TotalSeconds.ToString()); //54838.3306527
Console.WriteLine(today.Year.ToString()); //2010

//string formatting:
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("d")); //2010-10-12
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("dd")); //12
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("ddd")); //Tue
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("dddd")); //Tuesday
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("f")); //12 October 2010 15:27
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("ff")); //94
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("fff")); //941
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("F")); //12 October 2010 15:27:17
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("FF")); //94
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("FFF")); //941
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("g")); //2010-10-12 15:27
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("gg")); //A.D.
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("hh")); //03
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("HH")); //15
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("m")); //12 October
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("mm")); //27
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("M")); //12 October
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("MM")); //10
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("MMM")); //Oct
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("MMMM")); //October
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("s")); //2010-10-12T15:27:17
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("ss")); //17
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("t")); //15:27
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("tt")); //PM
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("y")); //October 2010
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("yy")); //10
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("yyy")); //2010
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("yyyy")); //2010
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("yyyyy")); //02010
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("zz")); //+01
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("zzz")); //+01:00
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("yyyy:mm")); //2010:27
Console.WriteLine(today.ToString("yyyy/mm")); //2010-27

//adding:
Console.WriteLine(today.AddDays(1)); //2010-10-13 15:36:31
Console.WriteLine(today.AddHours(1)); //2010-10-12 16:36:31
Console.WriteLine(today.AddMilliseconds(1)); //2010-10-12 15:36:31
Console.WriteLine(today.AddMinutes(1)); //2010-10-12 15:37:31
Console.WriteLine(today.AddMonths(1)); //2010-11-12 15:36:31
Console.WriteLine(today.AddSeconds(1)); //2010-10-12 15:36:32
Console.WriteLine(today.AddTicks(1000)); //2010-10-12 15:36:31
Console.WriteLine(today.AddYears(1)); //2011-10-12 15:36:31

//subtracting:
Console.WriteLine(today.AddDays(-1)); //2010-10-11 15:37:45
Console.WriteLine(today.AddHours(-1)); //2010-10-12 14:37:45
Console.WriteLine(today.AddMilliseconds(-1)); //2010-10-12 15:37:45
Console.WriteLine(today.AddMinutes(-1)); //2010-10-12 15:36:45
Console.WriteLine(today.AddMonths(-1)); //2010-09-12 15:37:45
Console.WriteLine(today.AddSeconds(-1)); //2010-10-12 15:37:44
Console.WriteLine(today.AddTicks(-1000)); //2010-10-12 15:37:45
Console.WriteLine(today.AddYears(-1)); //2009-10-12 15:37:45

DateTime lastYear = today.AddYears(-1);
Console.WriteLine((today.Subtract(lastYear)).Days.ToString()); //365

//comparison:
if (today.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH") == "2010-10-12 12")
	Console.WriteLine("Match");

//split across lines for readability:
Console.WriteLine(
	"Year: {0}, Month: {1}, Day: {2}",
	today.Year.ToString(),
	today.Month.ToString(),
	today.Day.ToString()
);
//Year: 2010, Month: 10, Day: 12

//midnight:
DateTime midnight = DateTime.Today;
Console.WriteLine(midnight.Hour);

//for favoured YYYY-MM-DD format, use:
today.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd")
Example use of DateTime. See MSDN for the full reference.

Updated: Wednesday 20th April 2011, 07:10am

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