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# AbsoluteTimeDateFormatter.FormatDateWithoutMillis Method

Renders the date into a string. Format is `"HH:mm:ss"`.

[Visual Basic]
Overridable Protected Sub FormatDateWithoutMillis( _
ByVal dateToFormat As Date, _
ByVal buffer As StringBuilder _
)
[C#]
protected virtual void FormatDateWithoutMillis(
DateTime dateToFormat,
StringBuilder buffer
);

#### Parameters

dateToFormat
  The date to render into a string.
buffer
  The string builder to write to.

#### Remarks

Subclasses should override this method to render the date into a string using a precision up to the second. This method will be called at most once per second and the result will be reused if it is needed again during the same second.

#### See Also

AbsoluteTimeDateFormatter Class | log4net.DateFormatter Namespace