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Use the ToString() method to convert a DateTime to a string

using System; class MainClass {   public static void Main()   {     DateTime myDateTime = new DateTime(2004, 1, 12, 22, 2, 10);     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString() = " + myDateTime.ToString());     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"d\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("d"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"D\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("D"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"f\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("f"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"F\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("F"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"g\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("g"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"G\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("G"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"m\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("m"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"r\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("r"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"s\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("s"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"t\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("t"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"T\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("T"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"u\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("u"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"U\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("U"));     Console.WriteLine("myDateTime.ToString(\"y\") = " + myDateTime.ToString("y"));   } } myDateTime.ToString() = 12/01/2004 10:02:10 PM myDateTime.ToString("d") = 12/01/2004 myDateTime.ToString("D") = January 12, 2004 myDateTime.ToString("f") = January 12, 2004 10:02 PM myDateTime.ToString("F") = January 12, 2004 10:02:10 PM myDateTime.ToString("g") = 12/01/2004 10:02 PM myDateTime.ToString("G") = 12/01/2004 10:02:10 PM myDateTime.ToString("m") = January 12 myDateTime.ToString("r") = Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:02:10 GMT myDateTime.ToString("s") = 2004-01-12T22:02:10 myDateTime.ToString("t") = 10:02 PM myDateTime.ToString("T") = 10:02:10 PM myDateTime.ToString("u") = 2004-01-12 22:02:10Z myDateTime.ToString("U") = January 13, 2004 6:02:10 AM myDateTime.ToString("y") = January, 2004