How to format DateTime to include AM/PM in output?

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Hi everyone,

I am trying to display a DateTime value for example: "ModifiedDateTime": "2025-06-30T19:51:59Z" in this format: 6/30/2025 07:51:59 PM. I used the code below to format it, but it doesn’t show AM/PM ! what am I missing?

  static static Str getFormatDateTime(utcDateTime _dateTime)
  {
        

      str formattedOutput;
 
      formattedOutput = DateTimeUtil::toFormattedStr( _dateTime,
      213,
      DateDay::Digits2,
      DateSeparator::Slash,
      DateMonth::Digits2,
      DateSeparator::Slash,
      DateYear::Digits4,
      TimeSeparator::Colon,
      TimeSeparator::Colon);
      
      return formattedOutput;
  }

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Hi,

Please refer to Martin Dráb post, his reply is correct. :)

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@D365FO Junior-Dev I see you've verified Yng Lih's reply as a solution, but are you sure about it? As far as I know there is no static toString() method on DateTimeUtil class and no method accepting the .NET format string. Unless I'm missing something, the suggestion looks completely wrong to me.

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Hi, updated the old posting..

Please refer to Martin Dráb reply, which is correct. :)

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How to format DateTime to include AM/PM in output?

Can't we make it much simpler?

System.DateTime dt = _dateTime; return dt.ToString('G');

The result should be what you want if the current culture is en-us.

Alternatively you can use the format M/d/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt.

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