DateTimeFormatInfo.ShortTimePattern
Property
Definition
Gets or sets the custom format string for a short time value.
public string ShortTimePattern { get; set; }
The custom format string for a short time 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 ShortTimePattern 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->ShortTimePattern );
}
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.
CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE
en-US h:mm tt
ja-JP H:mm
fr-FR HH:mm
*/
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.ShortTimePattern );
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE
en-US h:mm tt
ja-JP H:mm
fr-FR HH:mm
*/
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.ShortTimePattern)
End Sub 'PrintPattern
End Class 'SamplesDTFI
'This code produces the following output.
'
' CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE
' en-US h:mm tt
' ja-JP H:mm
' fr-FR HH:mm
'
Remarks
The ShortTimePattern 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 "t" standard format string.
We recommend that you set the time separator in the short time pattern to an exact string instead of using the time separator placeholder. For example, to obtain the pattern h-mm-ss, set the short time pattern to "h-mm-ss".