DateTime.ToLongDateString() Method in C#

This method is used to convert the value of the current DateTime object to its equivalent long date string representation.

Syntax: public string ToLongDateString ();

Return Value: This method returns a string that contains the long date string representation of the current DateTime object.

Below programs illustrate the use of DateTime.ToLongDateString() Method:

Example 1:

// C# program to demonstrate the 
// DateTime.ToLongDateString() 
// Method 
using System; 
using System.Globalization; 
  
class GFG { 
  
    // Main Method 
    public static void Main() 
    { 
  
        // creating object of DateTime 
        DateTime date = new DateTime(2011, 1, 
                                1, 4, 0, 15); 
  
        // Converting the value of the  
        // current DateTime object to  
        // its equivalent long date  
        // string representation. 
        // using ToLongDateString() method; 
        string value = date.ToLongDateString(); 
  
        // Display the date 
        Console.WriteLine("String representation"+ 
                        " of date is {0}", value); 
    } 
} 

Output:

String representation of date is Saturday, 01 January 2011

Example 2:

// C# program to demonstrate the 
// DateTime.ToLongDateString() 
// Method 
using System; 
using System.Globalization; 
  
class GFG { 
  
    // Main Method 
    public static void Main() 
    { 
  
        // creating object of DateTime 
        DateTime date = DateTime.Now; 
  
        // Converting the value of the 
        // current DateTime object to  
        // its equivalent long date  
        // string representation. 
        // using ToLongDateString() method; 
        string value = date.ToLongDateString(); 
  
        // Display the date 
        Console.WriteLine("String representation "+ 
                          "of date is {0}", value); 
    } 
} 

Output:

String representation of date is Monday, 11 February 2019

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.datetime.tolongdatestring?view=netframework-4.7.2

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