How do I apply a format to a number or date?

OK, I'm stumped.

I've got a Netduino Plus 2 measuring and logging to an SD card timestamped temperatures via a couple of DS18B20's.  I want to add an LCD to display the current values.  I've got the LCD bit working fine except that I want to display date in the format dd/mm/yy (the current format is mm/dd/yyyy) and limit the temperature display to one decimal.  I'm working in C#.

Apart from doing some (messy) manipulations to get the data in the right format to display, is there any simple way via a library or similar?

This particular newb would really appreciate some guidance.

Thanks in advance.

These are pretty basic C# concepts and not specific to Netduno.  You can simply google "Formatting Strings in C#".

For a date -->  DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yy").ToString();

For limiting Decimal Places --> temperature.ToString("F1");

Here are good resources on string formatting:

http://msdn.microsof...ing.format.aspx

http://msdn.microsof...y/dwhawy9k.aspx

Thanks Dave.  Who knew it was that simple?  This is my first C# project and I was looking for all the wrong things on Google.

Cheers! 

Thanks Dave.  Who knew it was that simple?  This is my first C# project and I was looking for all the wrong things on Google.

 

Cheers! 

No Problem. Happy formatting!