Convert DateTime in C# to yyyy-MM-dd format and Store it to MySql DateTime Field

Question

I am trying to convert DateTime format to yyyy-MM-dd format and store it to DateTime object. But it gives me the System DateTime

Answer 1

Have you tried?

var isoDateTimeFormat = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.DateTimeFormat;

// "2013-10-10T22:10:00"
 dateValue.ToString(isoDateTimeFormat.SortableDateTimePattern); 

// "2013-10-10 22:10:00Z"    
dateValue.ToString(isoDateTimeFormat.UniversalSortableDateTimePattern)

Also try using parameters when you store the c# datetime value in the mySql database, this might help.

Answer 2

Try setting a custom CultureInfo for CurrentCulture and CurrentUICulture.

Globalization.CultureInfo customCulture = new Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US", true);

customCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "yyyy-MM-dd h:mm tt";

System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = customCulture;
System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = customCulture;

DateTime newDate = System.Convert.ToDateTime(DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd h:mm tt"));

Answer 3

GetDateTimeFormats can parse DateTime to different formats. Example to "yyyy-MM-dd" format.

SomeDate.Value.GetDateTimeFormats()[5]

GetDateTimeFormats

Answer 4

We can use the below its very simple.

Date.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");

Answer 5

Use DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd h:mm tt");. See this.