Is there a standard date/time format that can be passed on a URL?

Question

Looking at the DateTimeFormatInfo documentation, it appears that all the standard formats have colons in them, which makes passing them on a url unpleasant/impossible.

Answer 1

If you need the date and time, I would use DateTime.Ticks.

If you only need the date, use HttpServerUtility.UrlEncode(date.ToShortDateString()).

Update: Rick Strahl has discussed this issue before and has offered a solution on his blog.