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C# - How do you display Apr '11 with DateTime.ToString

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Ok I've tried everything to render a date in the Apr '11 format with the DateTime ToString method. The documentation says ' is reserved for a string literal, so I would think to display a single apostrophe I'd use ''' - However, no go. Here's what I've tried so far:

taskdata.Month.Start.ToString("MMM 'yy")
A first chance exception of type 'System.FormatException' occurred in mscorlib.dll
taskdata.Month.Start.ToString("MMM ''yy")
"Apr 09"
taskdata.Month.Start.ToString("MMM '''yy")
A first chance exception of type 'System.FormatException' occurred in mscorlib.dll
taskdata.Month.Start.ToString("MMM ''''yy")
"Apr 09"
taskdata.Month.Start.ToString("MMM \'yy")
A first chance exception of type 'System.FormatException' occurred in mscorlib.dll
taskdata.Month.Start.ToString("MMM '\''yy")
A first chance exception of type 'System.FormatException' occurred in mscorlib.dll

Seriously what's the secret? I refuse to concatenate!

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Mike Christensen Avatar asked Oct 21 '11 18:10

Mike Christensen


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2 Answers

You need to escape (double escape, actually):

new DateTime(2011, 10, 1).ToString("MMM \\'yy")
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Kirk Woll Avatar answered Sep 24 '22 02:09

Kirk Woll


String.Format(@"{0:MMM  \'yy}", DateTime.Now)

Worked for me

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BZink Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 02:09

BZink