Handy String Format Types

After years of working with formatting data, here is a quick lookup table of the basic C# formatting nomenclature.  Not all-inclusive...but the most popular ones.

Specifier	Type	Format	Example (1500)
c	Currency	{0:c}	$1500.00
d	Decimal	{0:d}	1500.00
f	Fixed Point	{0:f}	1500.00
g	General Number	{0:g}	1500.00
n	Number with Commas	{0:n}	1,500.00
x	Hexadecimal	{0:x4}	5dc
zero 0	Zero Placeholder	{0:00.0000}	1500.0000
#	Digit Placeholder	{0:(#).##	(1500).00
.	Decimal Point	{0:0.0}	1500.0
,	Thousand Separator	{0:0,0}	1,500
%	Percent	{0:0%}	1500%
Specifier	Type	Format	01/01/2011 11:05:01 PM
: or /	Separators	{0:dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss}	01/01/2011 11:05:01
d	Short Date	{0:d}	01/01/2011
D	Long Date	{0:D}	January 01, 2011
t	Short Time	{0:t}	11:05 PM
T	Long Time	{0:T}	11:05:01 PM
f	Full date and time	{0:f}	January 01, 2011 11:05 PM
F	Full date and time (long)	{0:F}	January 01, 2011 11:05:01 PM
MM	Month	{0:MM}	01
MMM	Month (short)	{0:MMM}	Jan
MMMM	Month (full)	{0:MMMM}	January
dd	Day	{0:dd}	01
ddd	Day Name	{0:ddd}	Sat
dddd	Day Name (full)	{0:dddd}	Saturday
yy	2-Digit year	{0:yy}	11
yyyy	4-Digit Year	{0:YY}	2011
M	Month-Day	{0:M}	January 01
Y	Month-Year	{0:Y}	January, 2011
s	Sortable date string	{0:s}	2011-01-01T23:05:01
gg	Era	{0:gg}	A.D.
hh	2-Digit Hour (12 hour format)	{0:hh}	11
HH	2-Digit Hour (24-hour format)	{0:HH}	23
mm	Minute	{0:mm}	05
ss	Seconds	{0:ss}	01
tt	AM or PM	{0:tt}	PM