C# DateTime GetDateTimeFormats(Char)

Description

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

Syntax

DateTime.GetDateTimeFormats(Char) has the following syntax.

public string[] GetDateTimeFormats(
  char format
)

Parameters

DateTime.GetDateTimeFormats(Char) has the following parameters.

• format - A standard date and time format string (see Remarks).

Returns

DateTime.GetDateTimeFormats(Char) method returns

Example

The following example demonstrates the GetDateTimeFormats(Char) method. It displays the string representation of a date using the long date format specifier ("D") for the current culture.

using System;/*from   w ww. j  a  v  a2  s. c o m*/
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    DateTime july28 = new DateTime(2009, 7, 28, 5, 23, 15);
    
    // Get the long date formats using the current culture. 
    string [] longJuly28Formats = 
          july28.GetDateTimeFormats('D');
    
    // Display july28 in all long date formats. 
    foreach (string format in longJuly28Formats) {
      System.Console.WriteLine(format);
    }

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.