Datetime format in C#

Question

I have a DateTime saved in dtmNextPayment. I want that to showed in the label in mm/dd/yyyy way. I have tried using

lbltakeeffectdate.Text = dtmNextPayment.ToString("mm/dd/yyyy");

But month is always shown as 00. I have no idea why? Please let me know what should be the problem..

And also, please tell me what is the best solution.. Thank you so much!!

Answer 1

Month is "MM". "mm" is minutes.

Full list of available custom datetime formats (along with examples) is here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8kb3ddd4.aspx

Answer 2

You need to use MM. Capital M is month, little m is minutes

Answer 3

lbltakeeffectdate.Text = dtmNextPayment.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")

List of Format Options