How to format DateTime up to 24 hours?

Question

I need a string from datetime to display time in 24 hour format.

.. var curr = DateTime.Now; string s = ???; Console.WriteLine(s); .. 

The output should be: "16:38" Thank you.

Answer 1

Use upper case HH for 24 hour format:

 String s = curr.ToString("HH:mm"); 

See the DateTime.ToString Method .

Answer 2

 Console.WriteLine(curr.ToString("HH:mm"));