why does DateTime.ToString(“dd/MM/yyyy”) give me dd-MM-yyyy?

Question

I want my datetime to be converted to a string that is in format \"dd/MM/yyyy\"

Whenever I convert it using DateTime.ToString(\"dd/MM/yyyy\"), I get

Answer 1

Add CultureInfo.InvariantCulture as an argument:

using System.Globalization;

...

var dateTime = new DateTime(2016,8,16);
dateTime.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);

Will return:

"16/08/2016"