Force 24 hours datetime format

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hvj@paralax.nl - 20 Sep 2007 11:10 GMT

Hi,

I am using DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddThhmmss"), but time is
displayed in 12-hours format. How can I force .NET to display 24 hours
format? Can I do something with the CultureInfo of the current thread.
I do not want it to be dependent of the settings of the computer.

Any help appreciated.

Regards,
Henk

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Ben Schwehn - 20 Sep 2007 11:32 GMT

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:10:54 -0700, hvj wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddThhmmss"), but time is
> displayed in 12-hours format. How can I force .NET to display 24 hours
> format? Can I do something with the CultureInfo of the current thread. I
> do not want it to be dependent of the settings of the computer.

use HH instead of hh

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hvj@paralax.nl - 21 Sep 2007 06:45 GMT

> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:10:54 -0700, hvj wrote:
> > Hi,
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>
> use HH instead of hh

Thanks! I'm using it to name a file, so I can't include ':'.

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Ben Schwehn - 20 Sep 2007 11:55 GMT

On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:10:54 -0700, hvj wrote:

> I am using DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMddThhmmss"), but time is

Also, if you're trying to format to ISO 8601 (I assume this because of
the 'T' separator), the format you're using is incorrect. Correct format
is for exampple:

1997-07-16T19:20:30

you can also use XmlConvert.ToString(dateTime,
XmlDateTimeSerializationMode.XXX);

to format to ISO 8601

Ben

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