C# DateTime GetDateTimeFormats()

Description

DateTime GetDateTimeFormats() converts the value of this instance to all the string representations supported by the standard date and time format specifiers.

Syntax

DateTime.GetDateTimeFormats() has the following syntax.

public string[] GetDateTimeFormats()

Returns

DateTime.GetDateTimeFormats() method returns

Example

The following example demonstrates the DateTime.GetDateTimeFormats() method. It displays the string representation of a date using all possible standard date and time formats in the computer's current culture, which in this case is en-US.

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public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    DateTime july28 = new DateTime(2009, 7, 28, 5, 23, 15, 16);
    
    string[] july28Formats = july28.GetDateTimeFormats();
    
    // Print out july28 in all DateTime formats using the default culture. 
    foreach (string format in july28Formats) {
      System.Console.WriteLine(format);
    }
  }
}
    

The code above generates the following result.