# C1DateTimePicker Date Format

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You can use the <span data-popup-content="This class is available in \u003ca href=\u0022/componentone/api/wpf/online-datetimeeditors/dotnet-api/C1.WPF.DateTimeEditors/C1.WPF.DateTimeEditors.C1DateTimePicker.DateFormat.html\u0022\u003e.NET\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\u0022/componentone/api/wpf/online-datetimeeditors/dotnet-api/C1.WPF.DateTimeEditors/C1.WPF.DateTimeEditors.C1DateTimePicker.DateFormat.html\u0022\u003e.NET Framework\u003c/a\u003e." data-popup-title="DateFormat" data-popup-theme="ui-tooltip-green qtip-green">DateFormat</span> property to set the format that the date picker displays. You can set **DateFormat** property to either **Short,** **Long or Custom**. The table below illustrates the two date formats.

|   **Date Format**   |   **Result**   |
| --- | --- |
|   Short (Default)   |   ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/b827ed78-bea0-4378-af62-5f467cc00dcc/c1datetimepicker_graphics/narrative/dateformat_short.png)   |
|   Long   |   ![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/b827ed78-bea0-4378-af62-5f467cc00dcc/c1datetimepicker_graphics/narrative/dateformat_long.png)   |