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Priyanka
Priyanka

Reputation: 300

set datetimepicker format as system date format

I have a datetimepicker control ploted on datagridview in windows application. I want the datetimepicker format to be exactly like the system datetime format. Is it possible?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5125

Answers (4)

Priyanka
Priyanka

Reputation: 300

I was able to solve my problem this way:

   DateTimeFormatInfo sysFormat = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat;
   string sysdatepick = sysFormat.ShortDatePattern;
   string systimepick = sysFormat.LongTimePattern;
   dateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = sysdatepick + systimepick;

Upvotes: 0

Erresen
Erresen

Reputation: 2043

DateTimePicker can be used to set a DateTime variable using it's Value property:

DateTime myDateTime = dateTimePicker1.Value;

The value property is of the same type as system DateTime. How you format you dated when converting to a string is up to you. You can use:

myDateTime.ToLongDateString();
outputs: "22 August 2013"

myDateTime.ToLongTimeString();
outputs: "13:20:30"

myDateTime.ToShortDateString();
outputs: "22/08/2013" (in the UK) or "08/22/2013" elsewhere depending on regional settings

myDateTime.ToShortTimeString();
outputs: "13:20"

Or do custom formatting such as: 

myDateTime.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss")
outputs: "21-Aug-2013 13:20:30"

To set the displayed format of the DateTimePicker please see Bagzli's answer.

Upvotes: 0

Vinay Pratap Singh Bhadauria
Vinay Pratap Singh Bhadauria

Reputation: 9947

You can set it using

dateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Time

Time property will set the format using the format by user's system

Upvotes: 1

Bagzli
Bagzli

Reputation: 6597

"The date/time format is based on the user's regional settings in their operating system." Which means that it should already be in the format that your system is using.

Here is a link for the default .net (c#) date time picker, how to set up the format in a specific way: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.datetimepicker.format.aspx

Example: 

public void 
SetMyCustomFormat()
{
   // Set the Format type and the CustomFormat string.
   dateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom;
   dateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "MMMM dd, yyyy - dddd";
}

Upvotes: 0

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