how to get today's date in this format?

[yogita]

m using asp.net with c# and oracle database.

i want today's date in this format mm/dd/yyyy 00:00:00

like 05/04/2009 00:00:00

hours:min:sec i want in this way 00:00:00 to check condition.
i want exactly in this way...wt to write for this?
please help

[SlitheryImp]

Something like this?

String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss}", dt);

[yogita]

Something like this?

String.Format("{0:MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss}", dt);

it's not working..

if (fromDate != DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MM-yy"))

write now m doing this but not getting output as i want.
let me explain in detail.
m getting todays date like 05/04/2009 00:00:00 in fromDate variable.
now i want to check condition if fromDate is same as 05/04/2009 00:00:00.
i want today'date with hh:min:sec as 00:00:00

[NightStalker-DNS]

That is converting it to a string. and your trying to compare date to string which is not going to work. You should just be able to compare 2 dates to each other.

eg. if (fromDate <= DateTime.Now)
or (fromDate == DateTime.Now);

But DateTime.Now will have the current time as well, so keep that in mind wen comparing the 2

[yogita]

That is converting it to a string. and your trying to compare date to string which is not going to work. You should just be able to compare 2 dates to each other.

eg. if (fromDate <= DateTime.Now)
or (fromDate == DateTime.Now);

But DateTime.Now will have the current time as well, so keep that in mind wen comparing the 2

that's true..
but i dont want time.
i only want today's date n time i want in 00:00:00 format.
how to do this?

[iScrawl]

There is probably a pre-build function for that in .NET, in VB it was dateformat...

I can also suggest the simple way:

cdate(day(now) & "/" & month(now) & "/" & year(now) & " 00:00:00")

[yogita]

There is probably a pre-build function for that in .NET, in VB it was dateformat...

I can also suggest the simple way:

cdate(day(now) & "/" & month(now) & "/" & year(now) & " 00:00:00")

if (fromDate != DateTime.Now())
so now wt to write in place of DateTime.Now?
please tell me clearly.

[SlitheryImp]

Does this work?

if (fromDate.Date != DateTime.Now.Date)

you can test with this

Response.Write(DateTime.Now.Date.ToString());

[lphy]

How do you read data to fromDate, how did you define your variable fromDate

[ebosysindia]

Does this work?

if (fromDate.Date != DateTime.Now.Date)

you can test with this

Response.Write(DateTime.Now.Date.ToString());

yes this not working

[yogita]

How do you read data to fromDate, how did you define your variable fromDate

string fromDate = dtFromDate.fullDate;

//dtfromDate is usercontrol provided by the company..so i cant make any changes on this.

in fromDate m getting by default todays date n hh:mm:sec as 00:00:00

so i want to check condition if today's date like mm/dd/yyyy 00:00:00 is same or not.

so i need only today's date n not time..
i want exactly in this format mm/dd/yyyy 00:00:00

i want only date n hh:mm:sec as 00:00:00.

[yogita]

yes this not working

no its not working

[yogita]

hello friends,
i got the solution by writing this code..actually i ws dong mistake in taking the format.
earlier i was not using mm in a Capital letter..

string date = string.Empty;
DateTime tDate = DateTime.Now.Date;
date = tDate.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");
date = date + " 00:00:00";
output
05/08/2009 00:00:00