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DateTimePicker.Format Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets the format of the date and time displayed in the control.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
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public DateTimePickerFormat Format { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.Forms.DateTimePickerFormat
One of the DateTimePickerFormat values. The default is Long.
ExceptionCondition
InvalidEnumArgumentException

The value assigned is not one of the DateTimePickerFormat values.

This property determines the date/time format the date is displayed in. The date/time format is based on the user's regional settings in their operating system.

NoteNote

The Format property must be set to DateTimePickerFormat.Custom for the CustomFormat property to affect the formatting of the displayed date and time.

To display only time in a DateTimePicker, set the Format to Time, and the ShowUpDown property to true.

The following code example sets the CustomFormat property so that the DateTimePicker will display the date as "June 01, 2001 - Friday". This code assumes that an instance of a DateTimePicker control has been created on a Form.

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public void SetMyCustomFormat()
{
   // Set the Format type and the CustomFormat string.
   dateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom;
   dateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "MMMM dd, yyyy - dddd";
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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