i want the DD-MMM-YYYY format in MSExcel using coding

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My code as follows;

xlsheet.Cells[1, 1] = "printed date" + DateTime.Now;

when i use the above code, my output as follows;

printed date 3/5/2013 5:37:37 PM.

the above output i retrieve in excel.

But i want the output as follows in excel;

Printed date 5/Mar/2013.

for the above output,what change i can do to get my above output.

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Narasiman P.

Posted 5-Mar-13 1:10am

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Answer 1 · 2013-03-05T01:19:00

Solution 1

Look here: http://www.csharp-examples.net/string-format-datetime/[^]
Btw: dd will give 05, not 5, and your format specified in the title does not match the sample - so your question is discrepant.

C#

String.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy}", DateTime.Now)

C#

String.Format(@"{0:dd\/MMM\/yyyy}", DateTime.Now)

Note, that you might need to specify culture info too...

Posted 5-Mar-13 1:19am

Zoltán Zörgő

Updated 5-Mar-13 1:24am

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Maciej Los 5-Mar-13 11:26am

Good answer, +5!

Pallavi Waikar · Answer 2 · 2013-03-05T01:59:00

Solution 2

also try this code

xlsheet.Cells[1, 1] = "printed date" + DateTime.Now.ToString("DD/MMM/YYYY");

Posted 5-Mar-13 1:59am

Pallavi Waikar

Updated 5-Mar-13 2:00am

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Maciej Los 5-Mar-13 11:25am

Good answer, +5!

Jegan Thiyagesan · Answer 3 · 2013-03-05T05:15:00

Solution 3

Hi,
Formatting the DateTime to specific string will not display as expected in the excel file, because the Excel cell format will override it.

you need to format the cell not the date time.

C#

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Range range = worksheet.Cells[1,1] as Range;
range.NumberFormat = "dd/MMM/yyyy";
range.Value2 = DateTime.Now;

Regards
Jegan

Posted 5-Mar-13 5:15am

Jegan Thiyagesan

Updated 5-Mar-13 5:37am

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Maciej Los 5-Mar-13 11:24am

Sorry, Jegan, because you're wrong. Please, carefuly read question.
xlsheet.Cells[1, 1] = "printed date" + DateValue;
Do you see it, now? Format of cell is ignored in this case.

Jegan Thiyagesan 5-Mar-13 11:33am

My apology, I missed the piece of string in front.