DateTimeOptions.FormatString Property

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

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraCharts

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraCharts.v25.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Charts

Declaration

C#

public string FormatString { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property FormatString As String

Property Value

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

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.