format string from 8 to 08 for August.

[moondaddy]

I need to format a string to it always has 2 digits in it. I'm getting the
month like this:

DateTime.Now.Month.ToString()

Right now since it's August, this returns a string of "8", however, I need
to return a string of "08". Is there a format method what will
automatically pad this for me?

Thanks.
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[Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )]

On Aug 22, 3:19*pm, "moondaddy" <[e-mail]:

I need to format a string to it always has 2 digits in it. *I'm gettingthe
month like this:

DateTime.Now.Month.ToString()

Right now since it's August, this returns a string of "8", however, I need
to return a string of "08". *Is there a format method what will
automatically pad this for me?

Thanks.

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[e-mail]

use DateTime.Now.ToString("MM");

take a look at the different DateTime format strnig options

[zacks]

On Aug 22, 3:33*pm, "Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )"
<[e-mail]:

On Aug 22, 3:19*pm, "moondaddy" <[e-mail]:

I need to format a string to it always has 2 digits in it. *I'm getting the
month like this:

DateTime.Now.Month.ToString()

Right now since it's August, this returns a string of "8", however, I need
to return a string of "08". *Is there a format method what will
automatically pad this for me?

Thanks.

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[e-mail]

use DateTime.Now.ToString("MM");

take a look at the different DateTime format strnig options

Or string.Format("{0:D2}", DateTime.Now.Month)

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?=]

za***@construction-imaging.com wrote:

On Aug 22, 3:33 pm, "Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )"
<[e-mail]:

>On Aug 22, 3:19 pm, "moondaddy" <[e-mail]:

>>I need to format a string to it always has 2 digits in it. I'm getting the
month like this:
DateTime.Now.Month.ToString()
Right now since it's August, this returns a string of "8", however, I need
to return a string of "08". Is there a format method what will
automatically pad this for me?

use DateTime.Now.ToString("MM");

take a look at the different DateTime format strnig options

Or string.Format("{0:D2}", DateTime.Now.Month)

But the .ToString seems both more readable and more
flexible.

Arne

[maximz2005]

On Aug 22, 4:49*pm, Arne Vajhøj <[e-mail]:

[e-mail] wrote:

On Aug 22, 3:33 pm, "Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )"
<[e-mail]:

On Aug 22, 3:19 pm, "moondaddy" <[e-mail]:
I need to format a string to it always has 2 digits in it. *I'm getting the
month like this:
DateTime.Now.Month.ToString()
Right now since it's August, this returns a string of "8", however, Ineed
to return a string of "08". *Is there a format method what will
automatically pad this for me?
use DateTime.Now.ToString("MM");

take a look at the different DateTime format strnig options

Or string.Format("{0:D2}", DateTime.Now.Month)

But the .ToString seems both more readable and more
flexible.

Arne

You can do it either way, it formats the string the way your format
string specifies.

Read up on string formatting. It's very interesting. Try experimenting
with string formatting by using the string.Format() function. There
are lists of format codes on the web, just google for format string C#.

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maximz2005 wrote:

On Aug 22, 4:49 pm, Arne Vajhøj <[e-mail]:

>[e-mail] wrote:

>>On Aug 22, 3:33 pm, "Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )"
<[e-mail]:
On Aug 22, 3:19 pm, "moondaddy" <[e-mail]:
I need to format a string to it always has 2 digits in it. I'm getting the
month like this:
DateTime.Now.Month.ToString()
Right now since it's August, this returns a string of "8", however, I need
to return a string of "08". Is there a format method what will
automatically pad this for me?
use DateTime.Now.ToString("MM");
take a look at the different DateTime format strnig options
Or string.Format("{0:D2}", DateTime.Now.Month)

But the .ToString seems both more readable and more
flexible.

You can do it either way, it formats the string the way your format
string specifies.

No one has denied that.

Arne

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran_Andersson?=]

moondaddy wrote:

I need to format a string to it always has 2 digits in it. I'm getting the
month like this:

DateTime.Now.Month.ToString()

Right now since it's August, this returns a string of "8", however, I need
to return a string of "08". Is there a format method what will
automatically pad this for me?

Thanks.

Here are some ways of doing it (including the ones already mentioned in
the thread):

DateTime.Now.Month.ToString("00")
DateTime.Now.Month.ToString("D2")
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM")
string.Format("{0:00}", DateTime.Now.Month)
string.Format("{0:D2}", DateTime.Now.Month)
string.Format("{0:MM}", DateTime.Now)

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[moondaddy]

Thanks Göran and everyone else who replied. this has all been very helpful.
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moondaddy wrote:

>I need to format a string to it always has 2 digits in it. I'm getting
the month like this:

DateTime.Now.Month.ToString()

Right now since it's August, this returns a string of "8", however, I
need to return a string of "08". Is there a format method what will
automatically pad this for me?

Thanks.

Here are some ways of doing it (including the ones already mentioned in
the thread):

DateTime.Now.Month.ToString("00")
DateTime.Now.Month.ToString("D2")
DateTime.Now.ToString("MM")
string.Format("{0:00}", DateTime.Now.Month)
string.Format("{0:D2}", DateTime.Now.Month)
string.Format("{0:MM}", DateTime.Now)

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