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I'm updating some code that formats a date to a string using "MM/dd/yy". I need it to be culture aware, but want to keep the two digit year in order to keep the date short. Below is what I came up with, but is there a better way?
string dateFormat = culture_Info.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern.Replace("yyyy", "yy");
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To convert 2-digit year into a 4-digit year, use the ToFourDigitYear method inside your current culture's calendar. But, if you're working with a string containing a date, create a custom CultureInfo instance and set the maximum year to 2099. After that, parse the string holding the date with the custom culture.
The "fff" custom format specifier represents the three most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the milliseconds in a date and time value.
The United States is one of the few countries that use “mm-dd-yyyy” as their date format–which is very very unique! The day is written first and the year last in most countries (dd-mm-yyyy) and some nations, such as Iran, Korea, and China, write the year first and the day last (yyyy-mm-dd).
I don't know of any way, no (and I've looked at the formatting reasonably extensively). What you've got obviously still leaves a bit of a nasty taste in the mouth, but I think it's the best you can do.
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