Hey sorry i want the current date in the format of "yyyy-MM-dd"
You guys made that WAY to over complex
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string mydate=DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd");
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This is from the msdn help on DateTime.ToStri ng(String)-> DateTimeFormatI nfo section:
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Format Pattern
Description
d, %d
The day of the month. Single-digit days will not have a leading zero. Specify "%d" if the format pattern is not combined with other format patterns.
dd
The day of the month. Single-digit days will have a leading zero.
ddd
The abbreviated name of the day of the week, as defined in AbbreviatedDayN ames.
dddd
The full name of the day of the week, as defined in DayNames.
M, %M
The numeric month. Single-digit months will not have a leading zero. Specify "%M" if the format pattern is not combined with other format patterns.
MM
The numeric month. Single-digit months will have a leading zero.
MMM
The abbreviated name of the month, as defined in AbbreviatedMont hNames.
MMMM
The full name of the month, as defined in MonthNames.
y, %y
The year without the century. If the year without the century is less than 10, the year is displayed with no leading zero. Specify "%y" if the format pattern is not combined with other format patterns.
yy
The year without the century. If the year without the century is less than 10, the year is displayed with a leading zero.
yyyy
The year in four digits, including the century.
gg
The period or era. This pattern is ignored if the date to be formatted does not have an associated period or era string.
h, %h
The hour in a 12-hour clock. Single-digit hours will not have a leading zero. Specify "%h" if the format pattern is not combined with other format patterns.
hh
The hour in a 12-hour clock. Single-digit hours will have a leading zero.
H, %H
The hour in a 24-hour clock. Single-digit hours will not have a leading zero. Specify "%H" if the format pattern is not combined with other format patterns.
HH
The hour in a 24-hour clock. Single-digit hours will have a leading zero.
m, %m
The minute. Single-digit minutes will not have a leading zero. Specify "%m" if the format pattern is not combined with other format patterns.
mm
The minute. Single-digit minutes will have a leading zero.
s, %s
The second. Single-digit seconds will not have a leading zero. Specify "%s" if the format pattern is not combined with other format patterns.
ss
The second. Single-digit seconds will have a leading zero.
f, %f
The fraction of a second in single-digit precision. The remaining digits are truncated. Specify "%f" if the format pattern is not combined with other format patterns.
ff
The fraction of a second in double-digit precision. The remaining digits are truncated.
fff
The fraction of a second in three-digit precision. The remaining digits are truncated.
ffff
The fraction of a second in four-digit precision. The remaining digits are truncated.
fffff
The fraction of a second in five-digit precision. The remaining digits are truncated.
ffffff
The fraction of a second in six-digit precision. The remaining digits are truncated.
fffffff
The fraction of a second in seven-digit precision. The remaining digits are truncated.
F, %F
Displays the most significant digit of the seconds fraction. Nothing is displayed if the digit is zero. Specify "%F" if the format pattern is not combined with other format patterns.
FF
Displays the two most significant digits of the seconds fraction. However, trailing zeros, or two zero digits, are not displayed.
FFF
Displays the three most significant digits of the seconds fraction. However, trailing zeros, or three zero digits, are not displayed.
FFFF
Displays the four most significant digits of the seconds fraction. However, trailing zeros, or four zero digits, are not displayed.
FFFFF
Displays the five most significant digits of the seconds fraction. However, trailing zeros, or five zero digits, are not displayed.
FFFFFF
Displays the six most significant digits of the seconds fraction. However, trailing zeros, or six zero digits, are not displayed.
FFFFFFF
Displays the seven most significant digits of the seconds fraction. However, trailing zeros, or seven zero digits, are not displayed.
t, %t
The first character in the AM/PM designator defined in AMDesignator or PMDesignator, if any. Specify "%t" if the format pattern is not combined with other format patterns.
tt
The AM/PM designator defined in AMDesignator or PMDesignator, if any.
z, %z
The time zone offset ("+" or "-" followed by the hour only). Single-digit hours will not have a leading zero. For example, Pacific Standard Time is "-8". Specify "%z" if the format pattern is not combined with other format patterns.
zz
The time zone offset ("+" or "-" followed by the hour only). Single-digit hours will have a leading zero. For example, Pacific Standard Time is "-08".
zzz
The full time zone offset ("+" or "-" followed by the hour and minutes). Single-digit hours and minutes will have leading zeros. For example, Pacific Standard Time is "-08:00".
:
The default time separator defined in TimeSeparator.
/
The default date separator defined in DateSeparator.
% c
Where c is a format pattern if used alone. That is, to use format pattern "d", "f", "F", "h", "m", "s", "t", "y", "z", "H", or "M" by itself, specify "%d", "%f", "%F", "%h", "%m", "%s", "%t", "%y", "%z", "%H", or "%M".
The "%" character can be omitted if the format pattern is combined with literal characters or other format patterns.
\ c
Where c is any character. Displays the character literally. To display the backslash character, use "\\".
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