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  run4it

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  Date and Time Format Strings

  Feb 21, 2013 07:51 PM|LINK

  I would like to use date format specifier "F" but strip out the day of the week.  Is this possible?  In other words I want my date/time to render as: June 15, 2013 12:05 PM  (I don't need the seconds either).   This is my code to show how I'm getting the date/time now.

  <%=System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(Request.PhysicalPath).ToString("F")%>

   

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  MetalAsp.Net

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  Re: Date and Time Format Strings

  Feb 21, 2013 07:53 PM|LINK

  Use a custom format string and you'll have full control. Google/Bing custom datetime formatting. 

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  Re: Date and Time Format Strings

  Feb 21, 2013 07:59 PM|LINK

  If you don't want the name of the day and the seconds, you could use the following formatting string : 

  //This will output February 21, 2013 15:00 PM
  DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy HH:mm tt");

  So for your usage : 

  <%=System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(Request.PhysicalPath).ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy HH:mm tt")%>

  Read more about DateTime Formatting here.

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  run4it

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  Re: Date and Time Format Strings

  Feb 21, 2013 08:05 PM|LINK

  Thanks.  I'm aware of this page  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx  ; I'm trying to figure out if there is a way to make it not a 24 hour clock, such that 13:00 will render as  01:00 PM  or 1:00 PM

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  Rion William...

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  Re: Date and Time Format Strings

  Feb 21, 2013 08:07 PM|LINK

  Just use 'h' instead of 'HH' to avoid the 24-Hour Clock.

  //This will output "February 21, 2013 3:07 PM"
  DateTime.Now.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm tt");

  and for your usage : 

  <%=System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(Request.PhysicalPath).ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm tt")%>

  
  
  

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