DateTimeFormatInfo.MonthDayPattern
Property
Definition
Gets or sets the custom format string for a month and day value.
public string MonthDayPattern { get; set; }
The custom format string for a month and day value.
The property is being set to null.
The property is being set and the DateTimeFormatInfo object is read-only.
Examples
The following example displays the value of MonthDayPattern for a few cultures.
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
void PrintPattern( String^ myCulture )
{
CultureInfo^ MyCI = gcnew CultureInfo( myCulture,false );
DateTimeFormatInfo^ myDTFI = MyCI->DateTimeFormat;
Console::WriteLine( " {0} {1}", myCulture, myDTFI->MonthDayPattern );
}
int main()
{
// Displays the values of the pattern properties.
Console::WriteLine( " CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE" );
PrintPattern( "en-US" );
PrintPattern( "ja-JP" );
PrintPattern( "fr-FR" );
}
/*
This code produces the following output. The question marks take the place of native script characters.
CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE
en-US MMMM dd
ja-JP M'?'d'?'
fr-FR d MMMM
*/
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class SamplesDTFI {
public static void Main() {
// Displays the values of the pattern properties.
Console.WriteLine( " CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE" );
PrintPattern( "en-US" );
PrintPattern( "ja-JP" );
PrintPattern( "fr-FR" );
}
public static void PrintPattern( String myCulture ) {
DateTimeFormatInfo myDTFI = new CultureInfo( myCulture, false ).DateTimeFormat;
Console.WriteLine( " {0} {1}", myCulture, myDTFI.MonthDayPattern );
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output. The question marks take the place of native script characters.
CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE
en-US MMMM dd
ja-JP M'?'d'?'
fr-FR d MMMM
*/
Imports System
Imports System.Globalization
Public Class SamplesDTFI
Public Shared Sub Main()
' Displays the values of the pattern properties.
Console.WriteLine(" CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE")
PrintPattern("en-US")
PrintPattern("ja-JP")
PrintPattern("fr-FR")
End Sub 'Main
Public Shared Sub PrintPattern(myCulture As [String])
Dim myDTFI As DateTimeFormatInfo = New CultureInfo(myCulture, False).DateTimeFormat
Console.WriteLine(" {0} {1}", myCulture, myDTFI.MonthDayPattern)
End Sub 'PrintPattern
End Class 'SamplesDTFI
'This code produces the following output. The question marks take the place of native script characters.
'
' CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE
' en-US MMMM dd
' ja-JP M'?'d'?'
' fr-FR d MMMM
'
Remarks
The MonthDayPattern property defines the culture-specific format of date strings that are returned by calls to the DateTime.ToString and DateTimeOffset.ToString methods and by composite format strings that are supplied the "m" and "M" standard format strings.
This property is affected if the value of the Calendar property changes.
We recommend that you set the date separator in the month and day pattern to an exact string instead of using the date separator placeholder. For example, to obtain the pattern MM-DD, set the month and day pattern to "MM-DD".