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Custom DateTime Format Strings for .Net

I have had to look up on DateTime formatting on MSDN so many times, I have lost track. So I am putting the links and some of the key information here for my own future reference.

• Standard DateTime Format Strings
  

  d/D	short/long date
  f	long date, short time
  F	long date, long time
  g	short date, short time
  G	short date, long time
  t/T	short/long time

• Custom DateTime Format Strings
  

  d	day 1-31
  dd	day 01-31
  ddd	abbreviated day name
  dddd	full day name
  h	hour 1-12
  hh	hour 01-12
  H	hour 0-23
  HH	hour 00-23
  m	minute 0-59
  mm	minute 00-59
  M	month 1-12
  MM	month 01-12
  MMM	abbreviated month name
  MMMM	full month name
  s/ss	seconds (0/00)
  t	am/pm
  y/yy	year

• MS Reporting Services Date Formatting
• Blog post from SteveX on using DateTime.ParseExact