Date separator issue

Question

I have the following code

DateTime.Now.ToString(\"MM/dd/yyyy\")

It always gives me this output : \"04.13.2011\" instead of \"04/13/2011\".

Answer 1

Use following code:

DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)

This ensures that the underlying date and time values do not change when the data is read or written by users from different cultures.