I need to remove time portion of date time or probably have the date in following format in object
form not in the form of string
.
06/26/2009 00:00:00:000
I can not use any string
conversion methods as I need the date in object
form.
I tried first converting the DateTime
to a string
, remove the time specific date from it, but it adds 12:00:00 AM
as soon as I convert it back to DateTime
object
back again.
In case you would want to use Binding and show only Date portion without time
ToolTip="{Binding TransactionModel.TransactionDate, StringFormat=d}"
Just use one line of code:
var dateAndTime = DateTime.Now.Date;
I think you would this: DateTime onlyDate = DateTime.Today.Date; or, that's the same DateTime onlyDate = yourDateTime.Date; So use the property Date.
I know this is an old post with many answers, but I haven't seen this way of removing the time portion. Suppose you have a DateTime
variable called myDate
, with the date with time part. You can create a new DateTime
object from it, without the time part, using this constructor:
public DateTime(int year, int month, int day);
Like this:
myDate = new DateTime(myDate.Year, myDate.Month, myDate.Day);
This way you create a new DateTime
object based on the old one, with 00:00:00 as time part.
The easiest way is something like this and it will return only the date:
var date = DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString();
Create a struct that holds only the properties you want. Then an extension method to easily get that struct from an instance of DateTime.
public struct DateOnly
{
public int Day { get; set; }
public int Month { get; set; }
public int Year { get; set; }
}
public static class DateOnlyExtensions
{
public static DateOnly GetDateOnly(this DateTime dt)
{
return new DateOnly
{
Day = dt.Day,
Month = dt.Month,
Year = dt.Year
};
}
}
Usage
DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;
DateOnly result = dt.GetDateOnly();
Declare the variable as a string.
example :
public string dateOfBirth ;
then assign a value like :
dateOfBirth = ((DateTime)(datetimevaluefromDB)).ToShortDateString();
Came across this post when trying to solve the original Q.
I am using Asp.Net and after some research I have found when you are binding to the value of the date in code behind, you can drop the time so it will not display on screen.
C#:
DateTime Today = DateTime.Now;
aspx:
<%: this.Today.ToShortDateString() %>
Use date.ToShortDateString() to get the date without the time component
var date = DateTime.Now
var shortDate = date.ToShortDateString() //will give you 16/01/2019
use date.ToString() to customize the format of the date
var date = DateTime.Now
var shortDate = date.ToString('dd-MMM-yyyy') //will give you 16-Jan-2019
I'm surprised no one has mentioned DateTime.Today
var date = DateTime.Today;
// {7/1/2014 12:00:00 AM}
See MSDN
To get only the date portion use the ToString() method,
example: DateTime.Now.Date.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")
Note: The mm in the dd/MM/yyyy format must be capitalized
If you want to remove part of time from a DateTime
, try using this code:
DateTime dt = new DateTime();
dt = DateTime.Now; //ex: 31/1/2017 6:30:20 PM
TimeSpan remainingTime = new TimeSpan(0, dt.Hour - 5, dt.Minute - 29, dt.Second - 19);
dt=dt.Add(remainingTime);
label1.Text = dt.ToString("HH:mm:ss"); // must be HH not hh
the output : 01:01:01
For using by datalist, repeater.. in aspx page:<%# Eval("YourDateString").ToString().Remove(10) %>
You can't. A DateTime in .NET always have a time, defaulting to 00:00:00:000. The Date property of a DateTime is also a DateTime (!), thus having a time defaulting to 00:00:00:000 as well.
This is a shortage in the .NET Framework, and it could be argued that DateTime in .NET violates the Single Responsibility Principle.
in my experience none of the said solutions worked, maybe because I wanted to remove the time from extracted date from database, but the code below worked fine:
var date = target_date.Value.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");
If you are converting it to string, you can easily do it like this.
I'm taking date as your DateTime object.
date.ToString("d");
This will give you only the date.
Have a look at the DateTime.Date property.
Gets the date component of this instance.
This way of get only date without time
DateTime date = DateTime.Now;
string Strdateonly = date.ToString("d");
Output = 5/16/2015
None of the above answers solved my problem on winforms.
the easiest way to reach ONLY date is the simple function in Datetime:
DateTime dt = DateTime.now;
String BirthDate = dt.ToShortDateString();
You will only have date in Birthday string .
Here is another method using String.Format
DateTime todaysDate = DateTime.UtcNow;
string dateString = String.Format("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", todaysDate);
Console.WriteLine("Date with Time: "+ todaysDate.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Date Only : " + dateString);
Output:
Date with Time: 9/4/2016 11:42:16 AM
Date Only : 04/09/2016
This also works if the Date Time is stored in database.
For More Date and Time formatting check these links:
Hope helps.
Use a bit of RegEx:
Regex.Match(Date.Now.ToString(), @"^.*?(?= )");
Produces a date in the format: dd/mm/yyyy
DateTime dd=DateTiem.Now;
string date=dd.toString("dd/MM/YYYY");
The Date
property will return the date at midnight.
One option could be to get the individual values (day/month/year) separately and store it in the type you want.
var dateAndTime = DateTime.Now;
int year = dateAndTime.Year;
int month = dateAndTime.Month;
int day = dateAndTime.Day;
string.Format("{0}/{1}/{2}", month, day, year);
This code gives you a clear view of writing Date
as well as Time
separately
string time = DateTime.Now.Hour.ToString("00") + ":" + DateTime.Now.Minute.ToString("00") + ":" + DateTime.Now.Second.ToString("00");
string date = DateTime.Now.ToString("M-dd-yyyy");
MessageBox.Show(date + "\n" + time);
Hope this helps.
Use .Date of a DateTime object will ignore the time portion.
Here is code:
DateTime dateA = DateTime.Now;
DateTime dateB = DateTime.Now.AddHours(1).AddMinutes(10).AddSeconds(14);
Console.WriteLine("Date A: {0}",dateA.ToString("o"));
Console.WriteLine("Date B: {0}", dateB.ToString("o"));
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Comparing objects A==B? {0}", dateA.Equals(dateB)));
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Comparing ONLY Date property A==B? {0}", dateA.Date.Equals(dateB.Date)));
Console.ReadLine();
Output:
>Date A: 2014-09-04T07:53:14.6404013+02:00
>Date B: 2014-09-04T09:03:28.6414014+02:00
>Comparing objects A==B? False
>Comparing ONLY Date property A==B? True
string dt = myCalender.SelectedDate.ToString();
string date = dt.Remove(10);
displayDate.Content = date;
If you take date from calender, with this we also get time. Which is not required all time. Using this we can remove time from date.
Try this, if you use a DateTimeOffset
, it will also take care of the timezone
date1 = date1.LocalDateTime.Date;
If you need to add hours, use this:
date1 = date1.LocalDateTime.Date;
date1 = date1.AddHours(23).AddMinutes(59).AddSeconds(59);
This could be simply done this way:
var dateOnly = new DateTime(dateTime.Year, dateTime.Month, dateTime.Day)
var newDate = DateTime.Now; //newDate.Date property is date portion of DateTime
Use the method ToShortDateString. See the documentation http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime.toshortdatestring.aspx
var dateTimeNow = DateTime.Now; // Return 00/00/0000 00:00:00
var dateOnlyString = dateTimeNow.ToShortDateString(); //Return 00/00/0000
I wrote a DateOnly
structure. This uses a DateTime under the skin but no time parts are exposed publically:
using System;
public struct DateOnly : IComparable, IFormattable, IComparable<DateOnly>, IEquatable<DateOnly>
{
private DateTime _dateValue;
public int CompareTo(object obj)
{
if (obj == null)
{
return 1;
}
DateOnly otherDateOnly = (DateOnly)obj;
if (otherDateOnly != null)
{
return ToDateTime().CompareTo(otherDateOnly.ToDateTime());
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentException("Object is not a DateOnly");
}
}
int IComparable<DateOnly>.CompareTo(DateOnly other)
{
return this.CompareToOfT(other);
}
public int CompareToOfT(DateOnly other)
{
// If other is not a valid object reference, this instance is greater.
if (other == new DateOnly())
{
return 1;
}
return this.ToDateTime().CompareTo(other.ToDateTime());
}
bool IEquatable<DateOnly>.Equals(DateOnly other)
{
return this.EqualsOfT(other);
}
public bool EqualsOfT(DateOnly other)
{
if (other == new DateOnly())
{
return false;
}
if (this.Year == other.Year && this.Month == other.Month && this.Day == other.Day)
{
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
public static DateOnly Now()
{
return new DateOnly(DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month, DateTime.Now.Day);
}
public static bool TryParse(string s, ref DateOnly result)
{
DateTime dateValue = default(DateTime);
if (DateTime.TryParse(s, out dateValue))
{
result = new DateOnly(dateValue.Year, dateValue.Month, dateValue.Day);
return true;
}
else
{
return false;
}
}
public static DateOnly Parse(string s)
{
DateTime dateValue = default(DateTime);
dateValue = DateTime.Parse(s);
return new DateOnly(dateValue.Year, dateValue.Month, dateValue.Day);
}
public static DateOnly ParseExact(string s, string format)
{
CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
DateTime dateValue = default(DateTime);
dateValue = DateTime.ParseExact(s, format, provider);
return new DateOnly(dateValue.Year, dateValue.Month, dateValue.Day);
}
public DateOnly(int yearValue, int monthValue, int dayValue) : this()
{
Year = yearValue;
Month = monthValue;
Day = dayValue;
}
public DateOnly AddDays(double value)
{
DateTime d = new DateTime(this.Year, this.Month, this.Day);
d = d.AddDays(value);
return new DateOnly(d.Year, d.Month, d.Day);
}
public DateOnly AddMonths(int months)
{
DateTime d = new DateTime(this.Year, this.Month, this.Day);
d = d.AddMonths(months);
return new DateOnly(d.Year, d.Month, d.Day);
}
public DateOnly AddYears(int years)
{
DateTime d = new DateTime(this.Year, this.Month, this.Day);
d = d.AddYears(years);
return new DateOnly(d.Year, d.Month, d.Day);
}
public DayOfWeek DayOfWeek
{
get
{
return _dateValue.DayOfWeek;
}
}
public DateTime ToDateTime()
{
return _dateValue;
}
public int Year
{
get
{
return _dateValue.Year;
}
set
{
_dateValue = new DateTime(value, Month, Day);
}
}
public int Month
{
get
{
return _dateValue.Month;
}
set
{
_dateValue = new DateTime(Year, value, Day);
}
}
public int Day
{
get
{
return _dateValue.Day;
}
set
{
_dateValue = new DateTime(Year, Month, value);
}
}
public static bool operator == (DateOnly aDateOnly1, DateOnly aDateOnly2)
{
return (aDateOnly1.ToDateTime() == aDateOnly2.ToDateTime());
}
public static bool operator != (DateOnly aDateOnly1, DateOnly aDateOnly2)
{
return (aDateOnly1.ToDateTime() != aDateOnly2.ToDateTime());
}
public static bool operator > (DateOnly aDateOnly1, DateOnly aDateOnly2)
{
return (aDateOnly1.ToDateTime() > aDateOnly2.ToDateTime());
}
public static bool operator < (DateOnly aDateOnly1, DateOnly aDateOnly2)
{
return (aDateOnly1.ToDateTime() < aDateOnly2.ToDateTime());
}
public static bool operator >= (DateOnly aDateOnly1, DateOnly aDateOnly2)
{
return (aDateOnly1.ToDateTime() >= aDateOnly2.ToDateTime());
}
public static bool operator <= (DateOnly aDateOnly1, DateOnly aDateOnly2)
{
return (aDateOnly1.ToDateTime() <= aDateOnly2.ToDateTime());
}
public static TimeSpan operator - (DateOnly aDateOnly1, DateOnly aDateOnly2)
{
return (aDateOnly1.ToDateTime() - aDateOnly2.ToDateTime());
}
public override string ToString()
{
return _dateValue.ToShortDateString();
}
public string ToString(string format)
{
return _dateValue.ToString(format);
}
public string ToString(string fmt, IFormatProvider provider)
{
return string.Format("{0:" + fmt + "}", _dateValue);
}
public string ToShortDateString()
{
return _dateValue.ToShortDateString();
}
public string ToDbFormat()
{
return string.Format("{0:yyyy-MM-dd}", _dateValue);
}
}
This is converted from VB.NET, so apologies if some conversions are not 100%
You can use this simple code below.
Code: DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString();
Ex. Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString());
Getting the Date
part of a DateTime
object didn't workout for me because I'm working on the client-side and the returned web service values have some null
dates. As a result, it tries to get the Date part of a null value and it throws a runtime exception. The following example is how I solved my problem:
string dt = employer.BirthDay.ToString();
if(dt == ""){ dt = "N/A";}
else dt = dt.Substring(0,10);
DateTime
value and assign it to the string variable.I'm sharing this for future reference.
You Can Try This for the Only Date From the Datetime
String.Format("{0:d/M/YYYY}",dt);
Where dt is the DateTime
Try to make your own Structure for that. DateTime object will have date and time both
You can use format strings to give the output string the format you like.
DateTime dateAndTime = DateTime.Now;
Console.WriteLine(dateAndTime.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy")); // Will give you smth like 25/05/2011
Read more about Custom date and time format strings.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string dateStrings = "2014-09-01T03:00:00+00:00" ;
DateTime convertedDate = DateTime.Parse(dateStrings);
Console.WriteLine(" {0} ----------------- {1}",
convertedDate,DateTime.Parse(convertedDate.ToString()).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"));
Console.Read();
}
use
DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy");
Source: Stackoverflow.com