I have a Data Table that has a column ‘subscribeDate’ that has dates in MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss format. I would like to change all the dates in this column to MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss format. Is there a way that I can do it without running a loop?
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I have a Data Table that has a column ‘subscribeDate’ that has dates in MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss format. I would like to change all the dates in this column to MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm:ss format. Is there a way that I can do it without running a loop?
I would hope that the values in the
DataTableare of typeDateTimeorDateTimeOffset.Assuming that’s the case, they don’t have a format. They’re just dates and times. How you convert them to a string is up to you.
If they’re not already in an appropriate data type, you should try to change how you obtain the data to start with. Convert it from a string format to a more appropriate data type as early as you possibly can, and only convert it back to a string when you really need to.
You haven’t explained how you’re displaying the
DataTable, but most ways that I’m aware of allow you to specify a format string – that’s where you would specify yourMM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ssformat. (NoteHHrather thanhh, to get 24 hours.)