Format Date and Time in ASP.Net using C# and VB.Net

Hi RichardSa,

Please refer to a sample below.

You can refer to the article below for checking date and time format strings.

Custom date and time format strings

Database

For this example I have used of Northwind database that you can download using the link given below.

Download Northwind Database

HTML

<asp:Label ID="lblBirthDate" runat="server"></asp:Label>

Namespaces

C#

using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

VB.Net

Imports System.Data
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Data.SqlClient

Code

C#

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!this.IsPostBack)
    {
        this.BindGird();
    }
}

private void BindGird()
{
    string constring = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["constr"].ConnectionString;
    using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(constring))
    {
        using (SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("SELECT Top 1 BirthDate FROM Employees",con))
        {
            using (SqlDataAdapter sda = new SqlDataAdapter(cmd))
            {
                using (DataTable dt = new DataTable())
                {
                    sda.Fill(dt);
                    lblBirthDate.Text = Convert.ToDateTime(dt.Rows[0]["BirthDate"]).ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm tt")+".";
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

VB.Net

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
    If Not Me.IsPostBack Then
        Me.BindGird()
    End If
End Sub

Private Sub BindGird()
    Dim constring As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("constr").ConnectionString
    Using con As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(constring)
        Using cmd As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand("SELECT Top 1 BirthDate FROM Employees", con)
            Using sda As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter(cmd)
                Using dt As DataTable = New DataTable()
                    sda.Fill(dt)
                    lblBirthDate.Text = Convert.ToDateTime(dt.Rows(0)("BirthDate")).ToString("MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm tt") & "."
                End Using
            End Using
        End Using
    End Using
End Sub

Output

December 08, 1948 12:00 AM.