DateTimeFormatInfo.SortableDateTimePattern
Property
Definition
Gets the custom format string for a sortable date and time value.
public string SortableDateTimePattern { get; }
Property Value
The custom format string for a sortable date and time value.
Examples
The following example displays the value of SortableDateTimePattern 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->SortableDateTimePattern );
}
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 yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss
ja-JP yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss
fr-FR yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss
*/
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.SortableDateTimePattern );
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE
en-US yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss
ja-JP yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss
fr-FR yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss
*/
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.SortableDateTimePattern)
End Sub 'PrintPattern
End Class 'SamplesDTFI
'This code produces the following output.
'
' CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE
' en-US yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss
' ja-JP yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss
' fr-FR yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss
'
Remarks
The SortableDateTimePattern 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 "s" standard format string.
The format string returned by the SortableDateTimePattern property reflects a defined standard (ISO 8601), and the property is read-only. Therefore, it is always the same, regardless of the culture. The custom format string is "yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss".