Display date time with hours and minutes

Question

I am trying to display date time as follows Wednesday, 05 May 2014 21:25

I tried the following but when using ToLongDateString I am not getting time, this is my code

 DateTime date = DateTime.Now;
 string formattedDate = date.ToLongDateString();
 string fDate = date.ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy,H:mm");
 Response.Write(formattedDate);

Answer 1

Date string does not include time. That's why it called date string. Here is your desired format:

DateTime date = DateTime.Now;
string formattedDate = date.ToString("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm");
// Wednesday, 07 May 2014 12:05

Answer 2

ToLongDateString does not contain the time, as the time is not part of the date.
See HERE for some details:

Current culture: "en-US"

Long date pattern: "dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy" Long date string: "Wednesday, May 16, 2001"

Long time pattern: "h:mm:ss tt" Long time string: "3:02:15 AM"

Short date pattern: "M/d/yyyy" Short date string: "5/16/2001"

Short time pattern: "h:mm tt" Short time string: "3:02 AM"

Also HERE and HERE on all the possiblities with ToString for DateTime.

You possibly want to use ToString("F"):

The "F" standard format specifier represents a custom date and time format string that is defined by the current DateTimeFormatInfo.FullDateTimePattern property. For example, the custom format string for the invariant culture is "dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss".