Question

I’m using the datetimepicker to get two dates. They are coming out like this: 24-11-2011..

I want to have them like this: 2011-11-24..

I’ve tried to accomplish this by doing this method, but its only changes the datetimepicker on the interface..

DateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom; 
DateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd"; 

This is my code. The output says 24-11-2011. I want it to say 2011-11-24.

 string sta = dateTimePicker1.Value.ToShortDateString();
 string en = dateTimePicker2.Value.ToShortDateString();
 Console.WriteLine(sta);
 ctrscan.getListOfDates(sta, en);

How can I do this?

thanks

Answer 1

The Value property of the DateTimePicker control will return DateTime type, not string.

To format this have such code:

string myDate = DateTimePicker1.Value.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");

To change it “globally” change the default in the machine Regional Settings.