System.Globalization Namespace   CultureInfo Class

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Gets an object that defines how to format the specified type.

[ VB ]
Overridable Public Function GetFormat ( _
   ByVal formatType As Type _
) As Object Implements IFormatProvider.GetFormat

[ C# ]
public virtual object GetFormat ( 
   Type formatType
);

[ C++ ]
public: virtual Object* GetFormat ( 
   Type* formatType
);

[ JScript ]
function GetFormat ( 
   formatType : Type
) : Object;

formatType

The Type for which to get a formatting object. This method only supports the NumberFormatInfo and DateTimeFormatInfo types.

A NumberFormatInfo object containing the default number format information for the current CultureInfo, if formatType is the Type object for the NumberFormatInfo class.

-or-

A DateTimeFormatInfo object containing the default date and time format information for the current CultureInfo, if formatType is the Type object for the DateTimeFormatInfo class.

-or-

A null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ), if formatType is any other object.

IFormatProvider.GetFormat

GetFormat implements IFormatProvider.GetFormat.

NumberFormatInfo provides the culture-specific numeric format used in conjunction with the Format methods in the base data types. DateTimeFormatInfo controls how the date and time values are formatted for a specific culture.

CultureInfo Members   Type   NumberFormatInfo   DateTimeFormatInfo   NumberFormat   DateTimeFormat

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