Format specifier

Name

1234.56 (double)

-100000 (int)

Description

{0:c}

Currency

$123.45

($-100,000.00)

The number is converted to a string that represents a currency amount.

{0:d}

Decimal

(error)

-100000

Display a decimal amount, but throws an exception on non-decimal values (floats).

{0:e}

Scientific

1.234500e+002

-1.000000e+005

The number is converted to a string of the form “-d.ddd…E+ddd” or “-d.ddd…e+ddd”, where each ‘d’ indicates a digit (0-9).

{0:f}

Fixed-point

123.45

-100000.00

The number is converted to a string of the form “-ddd.ddd…” where each ‘d’ indicates a digit (0-9). The string starts with a minus sign if the number is negative.

{0:g}

General

123.45

-100000

The default format

{0:n}

Number

123.45

-100,000.00

Thousand separators are inserted between each group of three digits to the left of the decimal point.

{0:p}

Percent

12,345.00%

-10,000,000.00 %

The number is converted to a percentage.

{0:r}

Round-Trip

123.45

(error)

Guarantees that the number can be returned to its original value on conversion from string to number.

{0:x} or {0:X}

Hexadecimal

(error)

FFFE7960

Use ‘X’ to produce “ABCDEF”, and ‘x’ to produce “abcdef”.

Name

Format

Example

Input

Output

Zero placeholder

0

{0:000.00}

45.5

045.50

Digit placeholder

#

{0:###.##}

45.5

45.5

Decimal point

.

{0:00.00}

45.5

45.50

Thousand separator (requires 0)

,

{0:0,0}

1000000

1,000,000

Percent (multiplies by 100)

%

{0:0%}

45.5

4550%

Scientific notation (multiple formats)

E0,E+0,E-0,e0,e+0,e-0

{0:E0}

1000000

1E+006

Specifier

Description

Example

{0:d}

Short date

2/4/2009

{0:D}

Long date

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

{0:t}

Short time

2:59 PM

{0:T}

Long time

2:59:14 PM

{0:f}

Full date/time (short time)

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 2:59 PM

{0:F}

Full date/time (long time)

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 2:59:40 PM

{0:g}

General date/time (short time)

2/4/2009 2:59 PM

{0:G}

General date/time (long time)

2/4/2009 3:01:12 PM

{0:M}

Month day

February 4

{0:R}

RFC1123

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:01:55 GMT

{0:s}

Sortable date/time ; conforms to ISO 8601

2009-02-04T15:02:10

{0:u}

Universal sortable date/time

2009-02-04 15:02:28Z

{0:U}

Universal sortable date/time

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:03:11 AM

{0:Y}

Year month

February, 2009

Specifier

Description

Example

Output

d

Day of the month as a number

{0:d}

4

dd

Day of the month as a number, with leading zero

{0:dd}

04

ddd

Abbriviated day of the month name

{0:ddd}

Wed

dddd

Full day of the month name

{0:dddd}

Wednesday

f,ff,fff

Fraction of a second (repeat “f” for more precision)

{0:fff}

405

gg,ggg

The era

{0:gg}

A.D.

h

Hour (1-12 range)

{0:h}

3

hh

Hour (1-12 range, with leading zero for 0-9)

{0:hh}

03

H

Hour (0-23 range)

{0:H}

15

HH

Hour (0-23 range with leading zero for 0-9)

{0:HH}

03

m

Minutes (0-59)

{0:m}

9

mm

Minutes (0-59 range with leading zero for 0-9)

{0:mm}

09

M

Number of the month (0-12)

{0:M}

2

MM

Number of the month (0-12 with leading zero for 0-9)

{0:MM}

02

MMM

Abbreviated name of the month

{0:MMM}

Feb

MMMM

Specifies the full name of the month

{0:MMMM}

February

s

Seconds (0-59 range)

{0:s}

23

ss

Seconds (0-59 range with leading zero for 0-9)

{0:ss}

23

tt

Both characters of the AM/PM range

{0:tt}

PM

y

The first two digits of the year (0-99)

{0:y}

9

yy

The first two digits of the year (0-99) with leading zero for 0-9

{0:yy}

09

yyyy

Four digit year number, if the year is less than 1000 it has 0′s prepended

{0:yyyy}

zz

The timezone offset in whole hours

{0:zz}

+08

zzz

The timezone offset in hours and minutes

{0:zzz}

+08:00

:

Time seperator

{0:hh:mm}

03:33

/

Date seperator

{0:MM/yyyy}

02/2009