How to format an string value 10072017 to 10/07/2017

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how to format an string value 10072017 to 10/07/2017

Posted 4-Jul-17 1:17am

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Updated 4-Jul-17 1:46am

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Solution 2

You could cheat:

string input = "10072017";
string formatted = input.Substring(0, 2) + "/" + input.Substring(2, 2) + "/" + input.Substring(4);

But a better solution would be to convert it to a DateTime:

string input = "10072017";
DateTime dt;
if (!DateTime.TryParseExact(input, "ddMMyyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out dt))
    {
    // Report problem to user - bad date.
    ...
    return;
    }
string formatted = dt.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

Posted 4-Jul-17 1:25am

OriginalGriff

Solution 3

If you have the initial value in the initial then
string result=initial.Substring(0,2)+"/"+initial.Subsring(2,2)+"/"+initial.Substring(4,4)
or

string function format(string initial){<br />
   return initial.Substring(0,2)+"/"+initial.Subsring(2,2)+"/"+initial.Substring(4,4)<br />
}<br />

Posted 4-Jul-17 1:28am

Member 7870345

Solution 4

//Assuming date in dd-mm-yyyy format
string str = "10072017";  
int day = Convert.ToInt32(str.Substring(0,2));
int month = Convert.ToInt32(str.Substring(2, 2));
int year = Convert.ToInt32(str.Substring(4, 4));
DateTime dt = new DateTime(year, month, day);            
Console.WriteLine("{0:dd/MM/yyyy}", dt);

Posted 4-Jul-17 1:46am

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F-ES Sitecore · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-04T01:25:00

Solution 1

// I'm assuming that 10/07 is 10th July.  If it is 7th Oct then swap the dd and MM in
// the code below
string a = "10072017";

DateTime dt;
DateTime.TryParseExact(a, "ddMMyyyy", System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out dt);

string b = dt.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

Posted 4-Jul-17 1:25am

F-ES Sitecore

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Member 12857358 4-Jul-17 7:32am

Thanks alot. its working perfectly