C# DateTimeOffset ToString(String)

Description

DateTimeOffset ToString(String) converts the value of the current DateTimeOffset object to its equivalent string representation using the specified format.

Syntax

DateTimeOffset.ToString(String) has the following syntax.


public string ToString(
  string format
)

Parameters

DateTimeOffset.ToString(String) has the following parameters.

format - A format string.

Returns

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

Example

The following example displays a DateTimeOffset object to the console using each of the standard date and time format specifiers.


/*w w  w  .j av a2 s . c o  m*/
using System;
public class MainClass{
  public static void Main(String[] argv){  
    DateTimeOffset outputDate = new DateTimeOffset(2014, 10, 31, 21, 0, 0, 
                                         new TimeSpan(-8, 0, 0));
    string specifier; 
    
    specifier = "d";
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "D";
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "t";
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "T";
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "f";
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "F";
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "g";
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "G";
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "M";           // 'm' is identical 
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "R";           // 'r' is identical 
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "s";
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "u";
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier)); 
    
    specifier = "Y";         // 'y' is identical 
    Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", specifier, outputDate.ToString(specifier));

  }
}

The code above generates the following result.