System Namespace   DateTime Structure

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Converts the value of this instance to its equivalent long date string representation.

[ VB ]
<Serializable>
Public Function ToLongDateString ( ) As String

[ C# ]
[ Serializable ]
public string ToLongDateString ( );

[ C++ ]
[ Serializable ]
public: String* ToLongDateString ( );

[ JScript ]
public Serializable
function ToLongDateString ( ) : String;

A string containing the name of the day of the week, the name of the month, the numeric day of the month, and the year equivalent to the date value of this instance.

The value of this instance is formatted using the long date format character, 'D'. The return value is identical to the value returned by ToString ( "D", null ).

For more information about format characters, format patterns, and the output they produce, see the Format Specifiers and Providers topic. For more information about changing the format pattern associated with a format character see the DateTimeFormatInfo class.

This method uses formatting information derived from the current culture. For more information about the current culture, see the CurrentCulture class. You can use the CultureInfo.DateTimeFormat property to obtain the DateTimeFormatInfo for the current culture.

The below code snippet demonstrates using the ToLongDateString.

[ VB ]
Dim dTime As New System.DateTime ( 2001, 5, 16, 3, 2, 15 )

' If the current culture is "us-EN",
' longDateString gets "Wednesday, May 16, 2001"
Dim longDateString As String
longDateString = dTime.ToLongDateString ( )

' If the current culture is "us-EN",
' longTimeString gets "3:02:15 AM"
Dim longTimeString As String
longTimeString = dTime.ToLongTimeString ( )

[ C# ]
         System.DateTime dTime = new System.DateTime ( 2001, 5, 16, 3, 2, 15 );

         // If the current culture is "us-EN",
         // longDateString gets "Wednesday, May 16, 2001"
         string longDateString = dTime.ToLongDateString ( );

         // If the current culture is "us-EN",
         // longTimeString gets "3:02:15 AM"
         string longTimeString = dTime.ToLongTimeString ( );

DateTime Members   Formatting Overview   CultureInfo   DateTimeFormat   DateTimeFormatInfo   ToString

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