Formatting DateTime - ignore culture

Question

I need to format a date to the following format: `M-d-yyyy` I tried using: `string.Format("{0:M-d-yyyy}", DateTime.Now)` But the output string will depend on the CurrentCulture on the computer where it's run, so sometimes the output might be `07/09/2014` or `07.09.2014` instead of `09-07-2014`. How can I easily prevent it from converting it based on the culture and treating it as a literal string?

Accepted Answer

Use `CultureInfo.InvariantCulture` as the culture or provider argument.

```
String.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0:M-d-yyyy}", DateTime.Now)
```

Formatting DateTime - ignore culture

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