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copied!<p>When displaying a DateTime object, there are two things to keep in mind.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureinfo.aspx" rel="nofollow">Culture settings</a>: when you don't specify an explicit culture, the culture that's set by the system your application is running on is used.</li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/az4se3k1.aspx" rel="nofollow">Format strings</a>: when converting a DateTime object to a string, you can give it a format string as an argument that specifies how your DateTime object should be formatted. Something like: "d" for a short date pattern or "t" to only display the time.</li> </ul> <p>Combining these two will give you full control over how to display your <code>DateTime</code> objects. You should however be careful in forcing a certain culture setting on the user. If your application should support globalization (so multiple users from different cultures can use your app) you shouldn't depend on a specific culture. Instead, you should store all your data culture-insensitive and format it with the users culture when you display it on screen.</p> <p>Here is an example how to use both the CultureInfo object and a format string:</p> <pre><code>string myDate = "10-05-2013 08:52:30"; DateTime date = DateTime.Parse(myDate); Console.WriteLine(date.ToString("d", new CultureInfo("en-US"))); // 5/10/2013 Console.WriteLine(date.ToString("d", new CultureInfo("nl-NL"))); // 10-5-2013 Console.WriteLine(date.ToString("f", new CultureInfo("nl-NL"))); // vrijdag 10 mei 2013 08:52 </code></pre>

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