Date and Time Masks

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The tables below describe the mask characters that can be used when the MaskType is DateTime. Note that the format characters are case sensitive.

Standard Date Format codes

Full list of the supported masks can be found in the following MSDN article: Standard DateTime masks

Format Character	Description
d	Short date pattern
D	Long date pattern
f	Full date and time (long date and short time)
F	Full date time pattern (long date and long time)
g	General (short date and short time)
G	General (short date and long time)
m, M	Month day pattern
r, R	RFC1123 pattern
s	Sortable date time pattern (based on ISO 8601) using local time
t	Short time pattern
T	Long time pattern

 Custom Date Format codes

Where standard date codes are too restrictive, create your own custom formats using the format patterns listed below.

Full list of the supported masks can be found in the following MSDN article: Custom DateTime masks

For example, a DateFormat of "ddd, MMMM yyyy - dd" might display:

Format Pattern	Description
dd	The numeric day of the month.
ddd	The abbreviated name of the day of the week.
M	The month name followed by the numeric day.
MM	The numeric month.
MMM	The abbreviated name of the month.
MMMM	The full name of the month.
y	The full month name and year numeric.
yy	The year without the century.
yyy	The year in four digits, including the century.
h	The hour in a 12-hour clock.
hh	The hour in a 12-hour clock.
H	The hour in a 24-hour clock.
HH	The hour in a 24-hour clock.
m	The minute.
mm	The minute.
s	The second.
ss	The second.
t	The first character in the AM/PM designator.
tt	The AM/PM designator.

Accessing the MaskDateTimeProvider

When the mask type is set to DateTime you can access the MaskDateTimeProvider by casting to that appropriate type.

C#

radMaskedEditBox1.MaskType = MaskType.DateTime;
MaskDateTimeProvider provider = this.radMaskedEditBox1.MaskedEditBoxElement.Provider as MaskDateTimeProvider;
provider.AutoSelectNextPart = true;

VB.NET

RadMaskedEditBox1.MaskType = MaskType.DateTime
Dim provider As MaskDateTimeProvider = TryCast(Me.RadMaskedEditBox1.MaskedEditBoxElement.Provider, MaskDateTimeProvider)
provider.AutoSelectNextPart = True

More information about this provider can be found in the last section of the following article: RadDateTimePicker Properties

See Also

• Standard
• Numeric Masks
• Working with RadMaskedEditBox