Modify application wide, the display of DateTime

Question

For an application we develop, we use the \"G\" format everywhere in our application.

We want to change a little bit this format:

We need to display

Answer 1

I tested this and looks like is returning what you are looking for except for the "nice to have".

string now = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.f tt", CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo("en-US"));

Answer 2

You can set the CurrentCulture for the current thread and specify a deviating LongTimePattern:

CultureInfo culture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Clone();

change the culture.DateTimeFormat.LongTimePattern = "your pattern";

Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = culture;

Answer 3

I'd create an extension method for DateTime, something like a ToPrettyPrintStringg() or whatever you wanna call it that returns the date in the format you wish, this way you can get it to display any date the way you want everywhere.