DateTime Format yyyy-mm-dd 24hr

Question

How to format a DateTime as follows?

yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss in 24 hr format

example

2001-03-16 14:45:00

Answer 1

yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss

For example:

DateTime.UtcNow.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")

Answer 2

You can use the HH format to get the hour in 24h, for sample:

string dateFormated = dateTimeObj.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

also use MM to get the month in 2 chars. You can take a look at MSDN documentation.