How to exclude seconds from DateTime.ToString()

Question

I am using DateTime.Now.ToString() in a windows service and it is giving me output like "7/23/2010 12:35:07 PM " I want to exclude the second part, displaying only up to minute. So how to exclude seconds from that format...?

Accepted Answer

Output it as short date pattern:

```
DateTime.Now.ToString("g")
```

See MSDN for full documentation.

How to exclude seconds from DateTime.ToString()

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