C# date formatting is losing slash separators

Question

If I do this in C#:

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("ddd M/dd/yy")); 

I would expect output like this:

Wed 6/15/11 

But it actually outputs this:

Wed 6 15 11 

Why are the slashes disappearing? Is there a way to prevent this and have the date outputted in the expected format?

Answer 1

Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("ddd M/dd/yy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));             Console.ReadLine(); 

try the above

Answer 2

You could also use

Console.WriteLine(dateTime.ToString("ddd M'/'dd'/'yy")); 

That's a possible solution if you're not using the invariant culture as mentioned in other answers here.