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Formatting Date and Time
hi
i have a textfield taking a string representing a specific DateTime format. I want the string representing the DateTime to be formatted as YYYY-MM-DD, how can i do this?
thanks
Use DateTime.TryParse.
You'll probably run into issues if you try to overwrite the string the user is typing while they do that, but if you have an input field and a separate display field that shows the "parsed" date time (formatted like Duck's answer) that would work.
Is your value coming from an actual DateTime object? If so, you can do this:
yourTextField.text = String.Format("{0:yyyy-MM-dd}", yourDateTimeObj);
no my value is com$$anonymous$$g from the text field which is a string
ok in that case your question isn't very clear. You have it in a string already, and you want it formatted in a different way? What format is it to begin with?
@Duck, I suspect he means, that a user could enter some random text into a Textfield, and he wants to clean it up. But who knows?
@Cyclops thats what i mean. the user enters a number format for the date (as string) and i want to ensure that its formatted as YYYY-$$anonymous$$$$anonymous$$-DD.
string computerDate;
string computerTime;
void computerDateAndTime() // read computer current time and date
{
string currentTime=System.DateTime.Now.ToString();
int z=0;
string add="";
for(int i=0;i<currentTime.Length;i++)
{
char item = currentTime[i];
if(item==' ')
{
switch (z)
{
case 0:
computerDate=add;
break;
case 1:
computerTime=add;
break;
}
z++;
add="";
}
else
{
add+=currentTime[i];
}
}
