Convert DateTime to string using specified culture-specific format in CSharp

Description

The following code shows how to convert DateTime to string using specified culture-specific format.

Example


using System;//www .  j av a  2 s .c  o  m
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      CultureInfo jaJP = new CultureInfo("ja-JP");
      jaJP.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = new JapaneseCalendar(); 
      DateTime date1 = new DateTime(1867, 1, 1);

      try {
         Console.WriteLine(date1.ToString(jaJP));
      }
      catch (ArgumentOutOfRangeException) {
         Console.WriteLine("{0:d} is earlier than {1:d} or later than {2:d}", 
                           date1, 
                           jaJP.DateTimeFormat.Calendar.MinSupportedDateTime,  
                           jaJP.DateTimeFormat.Calendar.MaxSupportedDateTime); 
      }


      CultureInfo[] cultures = new CultureInfo[] {CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, 
                                                  new CultureInfo("en-us"), 
                                                  new CultureInfo("fr-fr"), 
                                                  new CultureInfo("de-DE"), 
                                                  new CultureInfo("es-ES"),
                                                  new CultureInfo("ja-JP")};

      DateTime thisDate = new DateTime(2014, 5, 1, 9, 0, 0);                                            

      foreach (CultureInfo culture in cultures)
      {
         string cultureName; 
         if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(culture.Name))
            cultureName = culture.NativeName;
         else
            cultureName = culture.Name;

         Console.WriteLine("In {0}, {1}", 
                           cultureName, thisDate.ToString(culture));
      }                                            
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.





















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