DateTime ToString(“dd/MM/yyyy”) returns dd.MM.yyyy

Question

I have also tried shielding the \'/\' symbol in the formatting string, but it didn\'t quite work. My final goal is to get the date with the \'/\' symbols as separators. I g

Answer 1

This is because of the way ToString works by default, in accordance with the current culture:

This method uses formatting information derived from the current culture.

So, override that:

string date = dt.ToString("dd/M/yyyy", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)