How do I get today's date in C# in mm/dd/yyyy format?

Question

How do I get today\'s date in C# in mm/dd/yyyy format?

I need to set a string variable to today\'s date (preferably without the year), but there\'s got to be a bette

Answer 1

If you want it without the year:

DateTime.Now.ToString("MM/DD");

DateTime.ToString() has a lot of cool format strings:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa326721.aspx