Question

I have a dataset that is populated by reading excel file. The dataset stores the data from the excel.

The date in the dataset in in the format 2\2\2009 12:00:00 AM but i need the data format converted to 2\2\2009 .
I want to change the format of all the data in that particular column.

Answer 1

Here’s one way:

foreach (DataRow row in yourDataTable)
{
    DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse(row["Date"].ToString());
    row["Date"] = dt.ToShortDateString();
}

This is assuming that the “Date” column is just a text field rather than already a DateTime field.