Display a Date in a Custom Format with the Windows Forms DateTimePicker Control

dateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom;
// Display the date as "Mon 27 Feb 2012".
dateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "ddd dd MMM yyyy";

// Display the date as "27 Feb 2012".

dateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "dd MMM yyyy"; 

// Display the date as "27 Feb 2012". 

dateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "dd MM yyyy";

// Display the date as "27 Feb 2012". 

dateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy"; 

use form load or any other event;

suggest form load is mutch better than the set the property of Date Time Picker.