Date Formats
A detail explanation about the default date format strings can be found in this MSDN article.
The table below displays a list of the standard format characters supported by RadDateOnlyPicker.
| Format Character | Associated Property/ Description |
|---|---|
| d | ShortDatePattern |
| D | LongDatePattern |
| m, M | MonthDayPattern |
| r, R | RFC1123Pattern |
| y, Y | YearMonthPattern |
The table below shows a list of patterns that can be combined to create custom patterns. The patterns are case-sensitive; for example, "MM" is recognized, but "mm" is not. If the custom pattern contains white-space characters or characters enclosed in single quotation marks, the output string will also contain those characters. Characters not defined as part of a format pattern or as format characters are reproduced literally.
| Format Pattern | Description |
|---|---|
| dd | The day of the month. Single-digit days will have a leading zero. |
| ddd | The abbreviated name of the day of the week, as defined in AbbreviatedDayNames. |
| M | The month, from 1 through 12. |
| MM | The numeric month. Single-digit months will have a leading zero. |
| MMM | The abbreviated name of the month, as defined in AbbreviatedMonthNames. |
| MMMM | The full name of the month, as defined in MonthNames. |
| y | The year without the century. If the year without the century is less than 10, the year is displayed with no leading zero. |
| yy | The year without the century. If the year without the century is less than 10, the year is displayed with a leading zero. |
| yyyy | The year in four digits, including the century. |
| gg | The period or era. This pattern is ignored if the date to be formatted does not have an associated period or era string. |
It is possible to define your own format and set the RadDateOnlyPicker.Format property to Custom. Then, specify the desired CustomFormat, e.g. "dd/MM/yyyy".
this.radDateOnlyPicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom;
this.radDateOnlyPicker1.CustomFormat = "yyyy/MM/dd";