Hi Frank,
The DateTime.ToString method depends on the CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.
For example, DateTime.Now.ToString("d") will return a string in short date
pattern of the current culture (the "d" is the format character for short
date pattern).
If the CultureInfo.CurrentCulture is the culture of "en-US", the returned
string would be:
"4/16/2008"
If the CultureInfo.CurrentCulture is the culture of "ja-JP", the returned
string would be:
"2008/04/16"
FYI, we can change the current culture using the
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture property.
Beside the format characters, we can also use format patterns to construct
custom patterns and the format patterns are independent of culture. For
example, the "MM" is a format pattern and it always represents numeric
month.
As for your problem, use the CultureInfo.CurrentCulture property to get the
current culture when running your application. Then execute the following
line of code to see the result it returns:
DateTime.Now.ToString("d")
You may also have a try changing the current culture to another culture,
e.g. en-US, and pass "yyyyMMdd" to the DateTime.ToString method to see if
the problem still exists.
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Linda Liu
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