[c#] How to display the current time and date in C#

How do you display the current date and time in a label in c#

For time:

label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("HH:mm:ss"); //result 22:11:45

or

label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("hh:mm:ss tt"); //result 11:11:45 PM

For date:

label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToShortDateString(); //30.5.2012

In WPF you'll need to use the Content property instead:

label1.Content = DateTime.Now.ToString();

DateTime.Now.Tostring();

. You can supply parameters to To string function in a lot of ways like given in this link http://www.geekzilla.co.uk/View00FF7904-B510-468C-A2C8-F859AA20581F.htm

This will be a lot useful. If you reside somewhere else than the regular format (MM/dd/yyyy)

use always MM not mm, mm gives minutes and MM gives month.

label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString();//its for current date

label1.Text = DateTime.Now.ToLongDateString();//its for current time

If you want to do it in XAML,

xmlns:sys="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Source={x:Static sys:DateTime.Now}}"

With some formatting,

<TextBlock Text="{Binding Source={x:Static sys:DateTime.Now},
                  StringFormat='{}{0:dd-MMM-yyyy hh:mm:ss}'}"

The System.DateTime class has a property called Now, which:

Gets a DateTime object that is set to the current date and time on this computer, expressed as the local time.

You can set the Text property of your label to the current time like this (where myLabel is the name of your label):

myLabel.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString();

labelName.Text = DateTime.Now.ToString("dddd , MMM dd yyyy,hh:mm:ss");

Output: