I'm assigning the date to the variable in javascript.

var myDate = new Date(y, m, 1)

So I get the date in myDate as: Fri Mar 01 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

I need to format the date string in C sharp in the same manner.

I tried something like this:

string.Format("{0:yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss} GMT {1}", dt.ToLocalTime(), dt.ToLocalTime().ToString("%K"))

It gives me: "2013-03-12 01:31:49 GMT +05:30"

So it's not the exact format I want. Any help...

I'm assigning the date to the variable in javascript.

var myDate = new Date(y, m, 1)

So I get the date in myDate as: Fri Mar 01 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)

I need to format the date string in C sharp in the same manner.

I tried something like this:

string.Format("{0:yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss} GMT {1}", dt.ToLocalTime(), dt.ToLocalTime().ToString("%K"))

It gives me: "2013-03-12 01:31:49 GMT +05:30"

So it's not the exact format I want. Any help...

• c#
• javascript

• I've updated my answer to give you the exact string that JavaScript gives you including the time zone information. – stevehipwell Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 8:41

7 Answers 7

This should work

System.DateTime.Now.ToString("ddd MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss \"GMT\"K")

returns "Tue Mar 12 2013 14:01:38 GMT+05:30"

What you want is the following which will give you exactly the same as JavaScript!

string.Format("{0:ddd MMM dd yyyy hh:mm:ss \"GMT\"K} ({1})", dt.ToLocalTime(), TimeZoneInfo.Local.StandardName)

There's probably a more proper way, but in this case the initial part of your format string is just off:

ddd MMM dd yyyy

string.Format("{0:ddd MMM dd yyyy hh:mm:ss} GMT {1}", dt.ToLocalTime(), dt.ToLocalTime().ToString("%K"))

string.Format("{0:ddd MMM dd yyyy hh:mm:ss} GMT {1}", dt.ToLocalTime(), dt.ToLocalTime().ToString("%K"))

You format string is wrong. Should be something like:

"{0:ddd MMM dd yyyy hh:mm:ss} GMT{1}"

Why not just use

dt.ToString("ddd MMM dd yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT'K");

Should give you

Fri Mar 01 2013 00:00:00 GMT+0530

Try This Code>>

DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;

String.Format("{0:dd-MM-yyyy}", dt);