DateTimeOptions.FormatString Property

Gets or sets the pattern for formatting date-time values.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

C#

[NonTestableProperty]
[XtraSerializableProperty]
public string FormatString { get; set; }

VB.NET

<XtraSerializableProperty>
<NonTestableProperty>
Public Property FormatString As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A String value that represents the format pattern.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to FormatString
PointOptions	.ArgumentDateTimeOptions .FormatString
PointOptions	.ValueDateTimeOptions .FormatString
SimplePointOptions	.ValueDateTimeOptions .FormatString

Remarks

When the DateTimeOptions.Format property is set to Custom, use the FormatString property, to specify a custom format for the date-time options (of axis labels, series point labels or the legend).

The following image demonstrates implementation of a quarterly formatting for the X-axis’ labels.

And, a monthly format is depicted below.

Standard date-time format specifiers for composing various format patterns are described in the Date and Time Format Strings topics in MSDN.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-implement-range-selection-via-a-separate-chartcontrol-e3113/CS/InteractiveRangeSelect/Form1.cs#L101

Diagram.AxisX.Label.DateTimeOptions.Format = DateTimeFormat.Custom;
Diagram.AxisX.Label.DateTimeOptions.FormatString = "MM/dd/yy HH:mm";

VB.NET

how-to-implement-range-selection-via-a-separate-chartcontrol-e3113/VB/InteractiveRangeSelect/Form1.vb#L107

Diagram.AxisX.Label.DateTimeOptions.Format = DateTimeFormat.Custom
Diagram.AxisX.Label.DateTimeOptions.FormatString = "MM/dd/yy HH:mm"