Formatting in .NET MAUI Date Picker (SfDatePicker)

11 Feb 20262 minutes to read

Format is a way to represent the date in a different string format. You can customize the date format using the Format property in PickerDateFormat. The default format is yyyy_MM_dd.

The different types of formats are:

dd_MM - Represents the day month in dd/MM format.

dd_MM_yyyy - Represents the day month year in dd/MM/yyyy format.

dd_MMM_yyyy - Represents the day month year in dd/MMM/yyyy format.

M_d_yyyy - Represents the month day year in M/d/yyyy format.

MM_dd_yyyy - Represents the month day year in MM/dd/yyyy format.

MM_yyyy - Represents the month year in MM/yyyy format.

MMM_yyyy - Represents the month year in MMM/yyyy format.

yyyy_MM_dd - Represents the year month day in yyyy/MM/dd format.

MM_dd - Represents the month day in MM/dd format.

MMM_dd_yyyy - Represents the month day year in MMM/dd/yyyy format.

MMMM_dd_yyyy - Represents the month day year in MMMM/dd/yyyy format.

MMMM_yyyy - Represents the month year in MMMM/yyyy format.

yyyy_MM - Represents the year month in yyyy/MM format.

yyyy_MMM - Represents the year month in yyyy/MMM format.

yyyy_MMMM - Represents the year month in yyyy/MMMM format.

yyyy_MMM_dd - Represents the year month day in yyyy/MMM/dd format.

yyyy_MMMM_dd - Represents the year month day in yyyy/MMMM/dd format.

dd_MMM - Represents the day month in dd/MMM format.

dd_MMMM - Represents the day month in dd/MMMM format.

dd_MMMM_yyyy - Represents the day month year in dd/MMMM/yyyy format.

ddd_dd_MM_YYYY - Represents the weekday day month year in ddd/dd/MM/YYYY format.

Default - Represents the day month year in default culture based format.

The following example demonstrates the Date Picker with the custom format PickerDateFormat.MM_dd_yyyy.

XAML

<picker:SfDatePicker x:Name="datepicker"
                     Format="MM_dd_yyyy"/>

C#

SfDatePicker datePicker = new SfDatePicker()
{
    Format = PickerDateFormat.MM_dd_yyyy,
};

this.Content = datePicker;