Retrieving year and month in YYYYMM format using datetime.now

Question

I need year and month of date in YYYYMM format. I am trying to use

string yrmm = DateTime.Now.Year.ToString() + DateTime.Now.Month.ToString(); 

But this returns '20114' instead of '201104'. Any easy way to fix this?

Answer 1

Date Formatting in C#

<%= String.Format("{specifier}", DateTime.Now) %>  Specifier ---> Description ---> Output d ---> Short Date ---> 08/04/2007 D ---> Long Date ---> 08 April 2007 t ---> Short Time ---> 21:08 T ---> Long Time ---> 21:08:59 f ---> Full date and time ---> 08 April 2007 21:08 F ---> Full date and time (long) ---> 08 April 2007 21:08:59 g ---> Default date and time ---> 08/04/2007 21:08 G ---> Default date and time (long) ---> 08/04/2007 21:08:59 M ---> Day / Month ---> 08 April r ---> RFC1123 date ---> Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:08:59 GMT s ---> Sortable date/time ---> 2007-04-08T21:08:59 u ---> Universal time, local timezone ---> 2007-04-08 21:08:59Z Y ---> Month / Year ---> April 2007 dd ---> Day ---> 08 ddd ---> Short Day Name ---> Sun dddd ---> Full Day Name ---> Sunday hh ---> 2 digit hour ---> 09 HH ---> 2 digit hour (24 hour) ---> 21 mm ---> 2 digit minute ---> 08 MM ---> Month ---> 04 MMM ---> Short Month name ---> Apr MMMM ---> Month name ---> April ss ---> seconds ---> 59 tt ---> AM/PM ---> PM yy ---> 2 digit year ---> 07 yyyy ---> 4 digit year ---> 2007 : ---> seperator, e.g. {0:hh:mm:ss} ---> 09:08:59 / ---> seperator, e.g. {0:dd/MM/yyyy} ---> 08/04/2007 

This worked great for me greatly... This will work for you as well

Answer 2

DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMM"); 

Documentation on DateTime Format strings is available here.