Cannot find a matching quote character for the character '''

Question

I have the following code:

 examdate = Convert.ToDateTime(ttd.DateCreated).ToString("MMM dd yy");

and it returns Jun 27 18

but I need the following output

Jun 27 '18

so I changed my code to

 examdate = Convert.ToDateTime(ttd.DateCreated).ToString("MMM dd 'yy");

and it threw up an error: Cannot find a matching quote character for the character '''.

Answer 1

You just have to escape the single quote (') inside of the ToString() call.

Simple example:

using System;

    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            Console.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString("MMM dd \\'yy"));
        }
    }

Result:

Jun 27 '18

Fiddle Demo