Reputation: 13290

parsing/breaking up DateTime.Now

I need to break up date time, currently when I use:

Write(DateTime.Now);

it displays: 5/17/2011 03:30:00 PM

What I need it to look like is: 5/17/2011, 03:30:00 PM

I basically need a comma between the date & time.

My thinking was to parse them and write them separately, but I have been unsuccessful in my attempts.

Any thoughts or suggestions on how to do this.

Upvotes: 0

Answers (3)

Reputation: 4634

Try looking at the ToShortDateString and ToShortTimeString methods. You should be able to accomplish what you need in a variety of ways.

Write(string.Format("{0}, {1}", DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString(), DateTime.Now.ToShortTimeString()));

Upvotes: 1

Reputation: 4129

DateTime dateTime = DateTime.Now;
Write(string.Format("{0}, {1}", dateTime.ToShortDateString(), dateTime.ToLongTimeString()));

Upvotes: 0

Reputation: 69983

You can use the .ToString() method which takes in a format.

DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy, hh:mm:ss tt");

Here is a nice little reference guide to string formatting

Upvotes: 4