System Namespace DateTime Structure
Converts the value of this instance to all the string representations supported by the specified standard DateTime format specifier.
[ VB ]
<Serializable>
Overloads Public Function GetDateTimeFormats ( _
ByVal format As Char _
) As String ( )
[ C# ]
[ Serializable ]
public string [ ] GetDateTimeFormats (
char format
);
[ C++ ]
[ Serializable ]
public: String* GetDateTimeFormats (
__wchar_t format
) __gc [ ];
[ JScript ]
public Serializable
function GetDateTimeFormats (
format : Char
) : String [ ];
- format
- A Unicode character containing a format specifier.
A string array where each element is the representation of the value of this instance formatted with the format standard DateTime formatting specifier.
Each element of the return value is formatted using information from the current culture. For more information about culture-specific formatting information for the current culture, see CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.
For more information about the standard formatting specifiers, see System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo.
The below code snippet demonstrates using the GetDateTimeFormats method.
<script language="C#" runat="server">
string html;
public void Page_Load ( Object src, EventArgs e ) {
if ( !IsPostBack ) {
CultureInfo [ ] cultures = CultureInfo.GetCultures ( CultureTypes.SpecificCultures );
foreach ( CultureInfo c in cultures ) {
culturesSelect.Items.Add ( c.DisplayName );
culturesSelect.Items.FindByText ( c.DisplayName ).Value = c.Name;
}
}
// write headers
...
DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
IFormatProvider culture = new CultureInfo ( culturesSelect.SelectedItem.Value );
string [ ] nowFormats = now.GetDateTimeFormats ( culture );
// list all DateTime formats for given culture
int i = 0;
foreach ( string format in nowFormats ) {
html += "<tr>";
html += "<td>" + i ++ + "</td>";
html += "<td>" + format + "</td>";
html += "</tr>";
}
html += "</table>";
}
</script>
<script language="VB" runat="server">
Dim html As String
Public Sub Page_Load ( src As Object, e As EventArgs )
If Not IsPostBack Then
Dim cultures As CultureInfo ( ) = CultureInfo.GetCultures ( CultureTypes.SpecificCultures )
Dim c As CultureInfo
For Each c In cultures
culturesSelect.Items.Add ( c.DisplayName )
culturesSelect.Items.FindByText ( c.DisplayName ).Value = c.Name
Next c
End If
' write headers
...
Dim now As DateTime = DateTime.Now
Dim culture = New CultureInfo ( culturesSelect.SelectedItem.Value )
Dim nowFormats As String ( ) = now.GetDateTimeFormats ( culture )
' list all DateTime formats for given culture
Dim i As Integer = 0
Dim format As String
For Each format In nowFormats
html += "<tr>"
html += "<td>" & i + i & "</td>"
html += "<td>" & format & "</td>"
html += "</tr>"
Next format
html += "</table>"
End Sub
</script> |
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