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Dot Net Formatting

The document provides reference information on standard numeric, date/time, and custom format strings in C# for formatting values. It includes tables listing common format specifiers for numeric, date/time, and GUID/enum values with descriptions and examples. Standard formats cover general, currency, percent, date, time and numeric formats. Custom formats allow specifying number of digits, placeholders, and scaling among other options.

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Dot Net Formatting

The document provides reference information on standard numeric, date/time, and custom format strings in C# for formatting values. It includes tables listing common format specifiers for numeric, date/time, and GUID/enum values with descriptions and examples. Standard formats cover general, currency, percent, date, time and numeric formats. Custom formats allow specifying number of digits, placeholders, and scaling among other options.

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Standard Numeric Format Strings

Standard DateTime Format Strings

Format

Name

Precision

(int)1234

(double)123.456

Specifier

Name

Example Format

3 Dec 2010
13:34:56.789

C or c

Currency

Decimal Places

C = 1,234.00
C4 = 1,234.0000

C = 1,234.56
C4 = 1,234.560

d or dd

Day

d/M
dd/M

3/12
03/12

D or d

Decimal

Minimum Digits

D = 1234
D6 = 001234

n/a

ddd or dddd

Day Name

ddd d/M
dddd d/M

Fri 3/12
Friday 3/12

E or e

Exponential

Decimal Places

e = 1.230000e+002
E3 = 1.234E+002

e = 1.234567e+002
E3 = 1.235E+002

f or F

Tenths

s.f

56.7

Decimal Places

F = 1234.00
F4 = 1234.0000

F = 1234.57
F4 = 1234.5670

ff or FF

Hundredths

s.ff

56.78

General

Significant Digits

G = 1234
G2 = 12E+03

G = 1234.567
G4 = 1235

fff or FFF

Milliseconds

s.fff

56.789

N or n

Number

Desired Decimal
Places

N = 1,234.00
N4 = 1,234.0000

N = 1,234.57
N4 = 1,234.5670

ffff or FFFF

Ten Thousandths

s.ffff

56.7890

P or p

Percent

Decimal Places

P = 123,400.00 %
P0 = 123,400 %

P = 123,456.70 %
P0 = 123,457 %

fffff or FFFFF

Hundred Thousandths

s.fffff

56.78900

R or r

Round-Trip

n/a

n/a

R = 1234.567

ffffff or FFFFFF

Millionths

s.ffffff

56.78900

Number of Digits

x = 4d2
X4 = 04D2

n/a

g or gg

Era

d/M/yyyy g

3/12/2010 A.D.

h or hh

Hour (12-Hour Clock)

h:mm
hh:mm

1:34
01:34

H or HH

Hour (24-Hour Clock)

H:mm
HH:mm

13:34
13:34

Time Zone

HH:mmK

13:34+00:00
13:34
13:34

F or f
G or g

X or x

Fixed Point

Hexadecimal

Custom Numeric Format Strings


Specifier

Name

Example Values

Example Formats

Results

Zero Placeholder

1234
1234.567

00000
0

01234
1235

m or mm

Minute

H:m
H:mm

Digit Placeholder

1234
1234.567

#####
#

1234
1235

M or MM

Month

d/M
dd/MM

3/12
03/12

Decimal Point

1234
1234.567

0.00
0.00

1234.00
1234.57

MMM or MMMM

Month Name

d MMM
d MMMM

3 Dec
3 December

Group Separator

1234
1234.567

#,#.00
000,000.00

1,234.00
001,234.57

s or ss

Second

m:s
m:ss

34:56
34:56

Number Scaling

1234567
1234567

#,,
#,#,.00

1
1,234.57

t ot tt

AM/PM

h:mm t
h:mm tt

1:34 P
1:34 PM

Percentage
Placeholder

0.5
0.875

#%
#.00%

50%
87.50%

Year (One Digit Minimum)

MMM y

Dec 10

Per Mille
Placeholder

0.5
0.875

#%
#.00%

500
875.00%

yy

Year (Two Digit Minimum)

MMM yy

Dec 10

E0 or e0

Exponential

1234.567
0.01234

E0
e4

1E+003
1.2340e-002

yyy

Year (Three Digit Minimum)

MMM yyy

Dec 2010

E+0 or e+0

Exponential with
Sign

1234.567
0.01234

#.##E+00
0.00e+000

1.23E+03
12.3e-002

yyyy

Year (Four Digit Minimum)

MMM yyyy

Dec 2010

E-0 or e-0

Exponential with
Negative Sign

1234.567
0.01234

#.##E-00
0.00e-000

1.23E03
12.32e-002

yyyyy

Year (Five Digits)

MMM yyyyy

Dec 02010

Escape Character

1234
1234

\#0,0
\\0,0

#1,234
\1,234

z or zz

UTC Offset in Hours

HH:mmz
HH:mmzz

13:34+0
13:34+00

or

Literal String

1234
1234

0,0 0,0
0,0 0,0

1,234 0,0
1,234 0,0

zzz

UTC Offset in Hours and


Minutes

HH:mmzzz

13:34+00:00

Section Separator
(Two Sections)

1234
-1234

0,0;(0,0)
0,0;(0,0)

1,234
(1,234)

Local Time Separator

HH:mm

13:34

Section Separator
(Three Sections)

-1234
0

0,0;(0,0);0,0;(0,0);-

(1,234)
-

Local Date Separator

dd/MM/yyyy

03/12/2010

Escape Character

HH\H

13H

or

Literal String

ETA HH:mm
ETA HH:mm

ETA 13:34
ETA 13:34

Single Character Custom


Format

%d

Standard DateTime Format Strings

Format

Name

UK

US

Short Date

31/12/2010

12/31/2010

Long Date

31 December 2010

Friday, December 31, 2010

Full Date, Short


Time

31 December 2010 13:00

Friday, December 31, 2010


1:00 PM

Format

Name

Example

Full Date, Long


Time

31 December 2010 13:00:00

Friday, December 31, 2010


1:00:00 PM

Digits Only

0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef

General Date,
Short Time

13/12/2010:13:00

12/31/2010 1:00 PM

Hyphenated

01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef

General Date,
Long Time

13/12/2010:13:00:00

12/31/2010 1:00:00 PM

Braces

{01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef}

M or m

Month / Day

31 December

December 31

Parentheses

(01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef)

O or o

Round-Trip

2010-1231T13:00:00.0000000

2010-1231T13:00:00.0000000

Hexadecimal

{0x01234567,0x89ab,0xcdef,{0x01,0x23,0x45,0x67,0x89,0xa
b,0xcd,0xef}}

R or r

RFC1123

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:00:00


GMT

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:00:00


GMT

Sortable

2010-12-31T13:00:00

2010-12-31T13:00:00

Short Time

13:00

1:00 PM

Format

Name

Height | Width

Long Time

13:00:00

1:00:00PM

G or G

String

Height, Width

Universal
Sortable

2010-12-31 13:00:00Z

2010-12-31 20:00:00Z

F or f

String Even Without


Flags Attribute

Height, Width

Universal Full
Date / Time

31 December 2010 13:00:00

Friday, December 31, 2010


8:00:00 PM

D or d

Numeric Value

Y or y

Year / Month

December 2010

December, 2010

X or x

Hexadedimal

00000003

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Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) Format Strings

Enumeration Format Strings

Sample Enum

[Flags]
enum Dimensions
{
Depth,
Height,
Width
}

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