C# DateTimeOffset ToString(IFormatProvider)

Description

DateTimeOffset ToString(IFormatProvider) converts the value of the current DateTimeOffset object to its equivalent string representation using the specified culture-specific formatting information.

Syntax

DateTimeOffset.ToString(IFormatProvider) has the following syntax.


public string ToString(
  IFormatProvider formatProvider
)

Parameters

DateTimeOffset.ToString(IFormatProvider) has the following parameters.

formatProvider - An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.

Returns

DateTimeOffset.ToString(IFormatProvider) method returns A string representation of the value of the current DateTimeOffset object, as specified by formatProvider.

Example

The following example displays a DateTimeOffset object using CultureInfo objects that represent the invariant culture, as well as four other cultures.


/*from  w w w  . jav  a  2 s  .  c o m*/
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    CultureInfo[] cultures = new CultureInfo[] {CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, 
                                               new CultureInfo("en-us"), 
                                               new CultureInfo("fr-fr"), 
                                               new CultureInfo("de-DE"), 
                                               new CultureInfo("es-ES")};
    
    DateTimeOffset thisDate = new DateTimeOffset(2014, 5, 1, 9, 0, 0, 
                                                 TimeSpan.Zero);                                            
    
    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.