| Format Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| C or c | Currency |
| E or e | Scientific Format |
| F or f | Fixed-point Format |
| G or g | General Format1 |
| N or n | Numeric Format |
| X or x | Hexadecimal Format |
1 Either scientific or fixed-point, depending on the value.
| Format Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | Display digit even if nonsignificant zero. |
| # | Only display digit if significant. |
| . | Decimal point |
| , | Group separator |
| % | Literal percent character |
| \ | Escape character (\n, \t, etc.) |
| "" | Literal string |
| ; | Alternative formatting for positive, negative, or zero. |
| Format Character | Description | Specification |
|---|---|---|
| d | Short date | MM/dd/yyyy |
| D | Long date | dddd, MMMM dd/yyyy |
| f | Long date followed by short time | MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm |
| F | Long date followed by long time | MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss |
| g | Short date followed by short time | MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm |
| G | Short date followed by long time | MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss |
| m or M | Month/day | MMMM dd |
| r or R | IETF RFC 1123 specification | ddd,dd,MMM,yyyy HH:mm:ssGMT |
| s | Sortable date/time | yyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss |
| t | Short time | HH:mm |
| T | Long time | HH:mm:ss |
| u | Universal date/time | dddd,MMMM dd,yyyy HH:mm:ss |
| y | Year month | MMMM, yyyy |