Format DateTime in C#

Question

how can I format date to display in the following format 03-Feb-2011

I tried this statement but it did not work properly

string.Format(visitDate.Valu         


        

Answer 1

string.format is valid but the parameter order you use are invalid:

DateTime? visitDate = null;
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(visitDate == null ? "" : String.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy}", visitDate));

visitDate = DateTime.Now;
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(visitDate == null ? "" : String.Format("{0:dd-MMM-yyyy}", visitDate));

That should do the trick.