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class System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo

Assembly: System.Runtime

Inheritance: object → DateTimeFormatInfo

Provides culture-specific information about the format of date and time values.

Properties

public string[]

AbbreviatedDayNames

Gets or sets a one-dimensional array of type <see cref="T:System.String" /> containing the culture-specific abbreviated names of the days of the week.

public string[]

AbbreviatedMonthGenitiveNames

Gets or sets a string array of abbreviated month names associated with the current <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> object.

public string[]

AbbreviatedMonthNames

Gets or sets a one-dimensional string array that contains the culture-specific abbreviated names of the months.

public string

AMDesignator

Gets or sets the string designator for hours that are "ante meridiem" (before noon).

public Calendar

Calendar

Gets or sets the calendar to use for the current culture.

public CalendarWeekRule

CalendarWeekRule

Gets or sets a value that specifies which rule is used to determine the first calendar week of the year.

public string

DateSeparator

Gets or sets the string that separates the components of a date, that is, the year, month, and day.

public string[]

DayNames

Gets or sets a one-dimensional string array that contains the culture-specific full names of the days of the week.

public DayOfWeek

FirstDayOfWeek

Gets or sets the first day of the week.

public string

FullDateTimePattern

Gets or sets the custom format string for a long date and long time value.

public bool

IsReadOnly

Gets a value indicating whether the <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> object is read-only.

public string

LongDatePattern

Gets or sets the custom format string for a long date value.

public string

LongTimePattern

Gets or sets the custom format string for a long time value.

public string

MonthDayPattern

Gets or sets the custom format string for a month and day value.

public string[]

MonthGenitiveNames

Gets or sets a string array of month names associated with the current <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> object.

public string[]

MonthNames

Gets or sets a one-dimensional array of type <see cref="T:System.String" /> containing the culture-specific full names of the months.

public string

NativeCalendarName

Gets the native name of the calendar associated with the current <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> object.

public string

PMDesignator

Gets or sets the string designator for hours that are "post meridiem" (after noon).

public string

RFC1123Pattern

Gets the custom format string for a time value that is based on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Request for Comments (RFC) 1123 specification.

public string

ShortDatePattern

Gets or sets the custom format string for a short date value.

public string[]

ShortestDayNames

Gets or sets a string array of the shortest abbreviated day names associated with the current <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> object.

public string

ShortTimePattern

Gets or sets the custom format string for a short time value.

public string

SortableDateTimePattern

Gets the custom format string for a sortable date and time value.

public string

TimeSeparator

Gets or sets the string that separates the components of time, that is, the hour, minutes, and seconds.

public string

UniversalSortableDateTimePattern

Gets the custom format string for a universal, sortable date and time string, as defined by ISO 8601.

public string

YearMonthPattern

Gets or sets the custom format string for a year and month value.

Methods

public object

Clone()

Returns A new <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> object copied from the original <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> .

Creates a shallow copy of the <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> .

public string

GetAbbreviatedDayName(DayOfWeek dayofweek)

dayofweek A <see cref="T:System.DayOfWeek" /> value.

Returns The culture-specific abbreviated name of the day of the week represented by <paramref name="dayofweek" /> .

Returns the culture-specific abbreviated name of the specified day of the week based on the culture associated with the current <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> object.

public string

GetAbbreviatedEraName(int era)

era The integer representing the era.

Returns A string containing the abbreviated name of the specified era, if an abbreviation exists. -or- A string containing the full name of the era, if an abbreviation does not exist.

Returns the string containing the abbreviated name of the specified era, if an abbreviation exists.

public string

GetAbbreviatedMonthName(int month)

month An integer from 1 through 13 representing the name of the month to retrieve.

Returns The culture-specific abbreviated name of the month represented by <paramref name="month" /> .

Returns the culture-specific abbreviated name of the specified month based on the culture associated with the current <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> object.

public string[]

GetAllDateTimePatterns()

Returns An array that contains the standard patterns in which date and time values can be formatted.

Returns all the standard patterns in which date and time values can be formatted.

public string[]

GetAllDateTimePatterns(char format)

format A standard format string.

Returns An array containing the standard patterns in which date and time values can be formatted using the specified format string.

Returns all the patterns in which date and time values can be formatted using the specified standard format string.

public string

GetDayName(DayOfWeek dayofweek)

dayofweek A <see cref="T:System.DayOfWeek" /> value.

Returns The culture-specific full name of the day of the week represented by <paramref name="dayofweek" /> .

Returns the culture-specific full name of the specified day of the week based on the culture associated with the current <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> object.

public int

GetEra(string eraName)

eraName The string containing the name of the era.

Returns The integer representing the era, if <paramref name="eraName" /> is valid; otherwise, -1.

Returns the integer representing the specified era.

public string

GetEraName(int era)

era The integer representing the era.

Returns A string containing the name of the era.

Returns the string containing the name of the specified era.

public object

GetFormat(Type formatType)

formatType The type of the required formatting service.

Returns The current object, if <paramref name="formatType" /> is the same as the type of the current <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> ; otherwise, <see langword="null" /> .

Returns an object of the specified type that provides a date and time formatting service.

public string

GetMonthName(int month)

month An integer from 1 through 13 representing the name of the month to retrieve.

Returns The culture-specific full name of the month represented by <paramref name="month" /> .

Returns the culture-specific full name of the specified month based on the culture associated with the current <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> object.

public string

GetShortestDayName(DayOfWeek dayOfWeek)

dayOfWeek One of the <see cref="T:System.DayOfWeek" /> values.

Returns The abbreviated name of the week that corresponds to the <paramref name="dayOfWeek" /> parameter.

Obtains the shortest abbreviated day name for a specified day of the week associated with the current <see cref="T:System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo" /> object.

public void

SetAllDateTimePatterns(string[] patterns, char format)

patterns An array of custom format strings.

format The standard format string associated with the custom format strings specified in the <paramref name="patterns" /> parameter.

Sets the custom date and time format strings that correspond to a specified standard format string.

public bool

Equals(object obj)

Inherited from object

obj The object to compare with the current object.

Returns <see langword="true" /> if the specified object is equal to the current object; otherwise, <see langword="false" /> .

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

protected void

Finalize()

Inherited from object

Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.

public int

GetHashCode()

Inherited from object

Returns A hash code for the current object.

Serves as the default hash function.

public Type

GetType()

Inherited from object

Returns The exact runtime type of the current instance.

Gets the <see cref="T:System.Type" /> of the current instance.

protected object

MemberwiseClone()

Inherited from object

Returns A shallow copy of the current <see cref="T:System.Object" /> .

Creates a shallow copy of the current <see cref="T:System.Object" /> .

public string

ToString()

Inherited from object

Returns A string that represents the current object.

Returns a string that represents the current object.

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class System.​Globalization.​DateTimeFormatInfo

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class System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo