C# DateTime.ToString() patterns

All the patterns:

0MM/dd/yyyy08/22/2006 1dddd, dd MMMM yyyyTuesday, 22 August 2006 2dddd, dd MMMM yyyyHH:mm Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 3dddd, dd MMMM yyyyhh:mm tt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 AM 4dddd, dd MMMM yyyyH:mm Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30 5dddd, dd MMMM yyyyh:mm tt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30 AM 6dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ssTuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07 7MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm08/22/2006 06:30 8MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt08/22/2006 06:30 AM 9MM/dd/yyyy H:mm08/22/2006 6:30 10MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt08/22/2006 6:30 AM 10MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt08/22/2006 6:30 AM 10MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt08/22/2006 6:30 AM 11MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss08/22/2006 06:30:0712MMMM ddAugust 22 13MMMM ddAugust 22 14yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss.fffffffK2006-08-22T06:30:07.7199222-04:00 15yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss.fffffffK2006-08-22T06:30:07.7199222-04:00 16ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT'Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:30:07 GMT 17ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT'Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:30:07 GMT 18yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss2006-08-22T06:30:07 19HH:mm06:30 20hh:mm tt06:30 AM 21H:mm6:30 22h:mm tt6:30 AM 23HH:mm:ss06:30:07 24yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'2006-08-22 06:30:07Z 25dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ssTuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07 26yyyy MMMM2006 August 27yyyy MMMM2006 August

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'd' ) :

0MM/dd/yyyy08/22/2006

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'D' ) :

0dddd, dd MMMM yyyyTuesday, 22 August 2006

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'f' ) :

0dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mmTuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 1dddd, dd MMMM yyyy hh:mmtt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 AM 2dddd, dd MMMM yyyy H:mmTuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30 3dddd, dd MMMM yyyy h:mmtt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30 AM

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'F' ) :

0dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ssTuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'g' ) :

0MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm08/22/2006 06:30 1MM/dd/yyyy hh:mmtt 08/22/2006 06:30 AM 2MM/dd/yyyy H:mm08/22/2006 6:30 3MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt08/22/2006 6:30 AM

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'G' ) :

0MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss08/22/2006 06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'm' ) :

0MMMM ddAugust 22

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'r' ) :

0ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT'Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:30:07 GMT

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 's' ) :

0yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss2006-08-22T06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'u' ) :

0yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'2006-08-22 06:30:07Z

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'U' ) :

0dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ssTuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'y' ) :

0yyyy MMMM 2006 August

Building a custom DateTime.ToString Patterns

The following details the meaning of each pattern character. Not the K and z character.

dRepresents the day of the month as a number from 1 through 31. A single-digit day is formatted without a leading zeroddRepresents the day of the month as a number from 01 through 31. A single-digit day is formatted with a leading zerodddRepresents the abbreviated name of the day of the week (Mon, Tues, Wed etc)ddddRepresents the full name of the day of the week (Monday, Tuesday etc)h12-hour clock hour (e.g. 7)hh12-hour clock, with a leading 0 (e.g. 07)H24-hour clock hour (e.g. 19)HH24-hour clock hour, with a leading 0 (e.g. 19)mMinutesmmMinutes with a leading zeroMMonth numberMMMonth number with leading zeroMMMAbbreviated Month Name (e.g. Dec)MMMMFull month name (e.g. December)sSecondsssSeconds with leading zerotAbbreviated AM / PM (e.g. A or P)ttAM / PM (e.g. AM or PMyYear, no leading zero (e.g. 2001 would be 1)yyYear, leadin zero (e.g. 2001 would be 01)yyyYear, (e.g. 2001 would be 2001)yyyyYear, (e.g. 2001 would be 2001)KRepresents the time zone information of a date and time value (e.g. +05:00)zWith DateTime values, represents the signed offset of the local operating system's time zone from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), measured in hours. (e.g. +6)zzAs z but with leadin zero (e.g. +06)zzzWith DateTime values, represents the signed offset of the local operating system's time zone from UTC, measured in hours and minutes. (e.g. +06:00)fRepresents the most significant digit of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the tenths of a second in a date and time value. ffRepresents the two most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the hundredths of a second in a date and time value.fffRepresents the three most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the milliseconds in a date and time value.ffffRepresents the four most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the ten thousandths of a second in a date and time value. While it is possible to display the ten thousandths of a second component of a time value, that value may not be meaningful. The precision of date and time values depends on the resolution of the system clock. On Windows NT 3.5 and later, and Windows Vista operating systems, the clock's resolution is approximately 10-15 milliseconds. fffffRepresents the five most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the hundred thousandths of a second in a date and time value. While it is possible to display the hundred thousandths of a second component of a time value, that value may not be meaningful. The precision of date and time values depends on the resolution of the system clock. On Windows NT 3.5 and later, and Windows Vista operating systems, the clock's resolution is approximately 10-15 milliseconds. ffffffRepresents the six most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the millionths of a second in a date and time value. While it is possible to display the millionths of a second component of a time value, that value may not be meaningful. The precision of date and time values depends on the resolution of the system clock. On Windows NT 3.5 and later, and Windows Vista operating systems, the clock's resolution is approximately 10-15 milliseconds. fffffffRepresents the seven most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the ten millionths of a second in a date and time value. While it is possible to display the ten millionths of a second component of a time value, that value may not be meaningful. The precision of date and time values depends on the resolution of the system clock. On Windows NT 3.5 and later, and Windows Vista operating systems, the clock's resolution is approximately 10-15 milliseconds. FRepresents the most significant digit of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the tenths of a second in a date and time value. Nothing is displayed if the digit is zero. :Represents the time separator defined in the current DateTimeFormatInfo..::.TimeSeparator property. This separator is used to differentiate hours, minutes, and seconds. / Represents the date separator defined in the current DateTimeFormatInfo..::.DateSeparator property. This separator is used to differentiate years, months, and days. " Represents a quoted string (quotation mark). Displays the literal value of any string between two quotation marks ("). Your application should precede each quotation mark with an escape character (/). 'Represents a quoted string (apostrophe). Displays the literal value of any string between two apostrophe (') characters. %c Represents the result associated with a c custom format specifier, when the custom date and time format string consists solely of that custom format specifier. That is, to use the d, f, F, h, m, s, t, y, z, H, or M custom format specifier by itself, the application should specify %d, %f, %F, %h, %m, %s, %t, %y, %z, %H, or %M. For more information about using a single format specifier, see Using Single Custom Format Specifiers.

        /c Represents the escape character, and displays the character "c" as a literal when that         character is preceded by the escape character (/). To insert the backslash character itself in         the result string, the application should use two escape characters ("//").        Any other character copies any other character to the result string, without affecting formatting.