C# DateTime ToShortDateString

Description

DateTime ToShortDateString converts the value of the current DateTime object to its equivalent short date string representation.

Syntax

DateTime.ToShortDateString has the following syntax.

public string ToShortDateString()

Returns

DateTime.ToShortDateString method returns A string that contains the short date string representation of the current DateTime object.

Example

The following example demonstrates the ToShortDateString method.

using System;//from   ww w .  ja  va  2  s. co m

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        DateTime myDateTime = new System.DateTime(2001, 5, 16, 3, 2, 15);
    
        Console.WriteLine("Long date string:  \"{0}\"\n", myDateTime.ToShortDateString());
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.