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vaj90
vaj90

Reputation: 1911

Format string time to short time format

I have a collection of data in my database, time and description, choose String as data type of my time, my question is how can I format my time data to this format "HH:MM AM/PM"

The time is "4:45 PM", I want to format this into this format "04:45 PM" in C# but I do not know how can I format that.

here is my code:

var str = touritinerary.Model.Time; //"4:45 PM"
var timePattern = "h:mm";
DateTime finalizeTime;
if (DateTime.TryParseExact(str, timePattern, null, DateTimeStyles.None, out finalizeTime))
{
  Console.WriteLine("Time: {1:hh:mm }", finalizeTime);
}

I want 4:45 PM formatted into 04:45 PM

Upvotes: 3

Views: 6888

Answers (3)

mason
mason

Reputation: 32694

You will find this page incredibly useful, it has all the DateTime formatting info you need from MSDN.

Console.WriteLine("Time: {0: hh:mm tt}", finalizeTime);

Upvotes: -3

Nicholas Carey
Nicholas Carey

Reputation: 74257

You read the documentation:

Try

string time = DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm tt") ;

Upvotes: 4

Grant Winney
Grant Winney

Reputation: 66449

You're close.

  • Use 0 instead of 1, since finalizeTime is the first (and only) argument to WriteLine.
  • Include tt to display PM.

Try this:

Console.WriteLine("Time: {0:hh:mm tt }", finalizeTime);

Output:

Time: 04:45 PM

Upvotes: 6

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