This method is used to convert the value of the current DateTime object to its equivalent short date string representation.
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Syntax: public string ToShortDateString (); Return Value: This method returns a string that contains the short date string representation of the current DateTime object.Below programs illustrate the use of DateTime.ToShortDateString() Method: Example 1:
// C# program to demonstrate the
// DateTime.ToShortDateString()
// Method
using System;
class GFG {
// Main Method
public static void Main()
{
try {
// creating object of DateTime
DateTime date = new DateTime(2010, 1,
1, 4, 0, 15);
// getting ShortTime from DateTime
// using ToShortDateString() method;
string value = date.ToShortDateString();
// Display the ShortTime
Console.WriteLine("date is {0}", value);
}
catch (FormatException e)
{
Console.Write("Exception Thrown: ");
Console.Write("{0}", e.GetType(), e.Message);
}
}
}
Output:
Example 2:
date is 01/01/2010
// C# program to demonstrate the
// DateTime.ToShortDateString()
// Method
using System;
class GFG {
// Main Method
public static void Main()
{
// calling check() method
check(new DateTime(2010, 1, 3, 4, 0, 15));
check(new DateTime(2010, 1, 5, 4, 0, 15));
check(new DateTime(2010, 1, 5, 4, 0, 15));
}
public static void check(DateTime date)
{
// getting ShortTime from DateTime
// using ToShortDateString() method;
string value = date.ToShortDateString();
// Display the date
Console.WriteLine("date of {0} is "+
"{1}", date, value);
}
}
Output:
Reference:
date of 01/03/2010 04:00:15 is 01/03/2010 date of 01/05/2010 04:00:15 is 01/05/2010 date of 01/05/2010 04:00:15 is 01/05/2010