TimeFormats¶

Used in conjunction with Convert.ToString() to format a time to a String.

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.LongYear); // 2015

TimeFormats.DayOfMonth¶

Format string: “dd”
Meaning: The two-digit number representing the day of the month

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.DayOfMonth) == 19;

TimeFormats.GeneralDateShortTime¶

Format string: “g”
Meaning: A combination of short date and short time patterns, separated by a space.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.GeneralDateShortTime) == "19/06/2015 2:48 PM";

TimeFormats.GeneralDateLongTime¶

Format string: “G”
Meaning: A combination of the short date and long time patterns, separated by a space.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.GeneralDateLongTime)

TimeFormats.LongDate¶

Format string: “D”
Meaning: The day of the week, a comma, followed by the day of the month in “dd” format, the month written out in full, a comma, and the year in “yyyy” format.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.LongDate) == "Friday, 19 June, 2015";

TimeFormats.LongDateShortTime¶

Format string: “f”
Meaning: A combination of the long date and short time patterns, separated by a space.

Example: Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.LongDateShortTime) == “Friday, 19 June, 2015 2:51 PM”;

TimeFormats.LongDateLongTime¶

Format string: “F”
Meaning: Full date long time format specifier. Exact format depends on culture settings.

TimeFormats.LongDayOfWeek¶

Format string: “dddd”
Meaning: The day of the week written out as a full word.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.LongDayOfWeek) == "Friday";

TimeFormats.LongMonthName¶

Format string: “MMMM”
Meaning: The month written out as a full word.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.LongDate) == "June";

TimeFormats.LongTime¶

Format string: “T”
Meaning: Displays time in hours : minutes : seconds. Exact format depends on region settings, but en-US is “h:mm:ss”

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.LongTime) == "3:40:00 PM";

TimeFormats.LongYear¶

Format string: “yyyy”
Meaning: The year written out in all four digits.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.LongDate) == "2015";

TimeFormats.Month¶

Format string: “MM”
Meaning: The month written out in 2-digit format.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.Month) == "06";

TimeFormats.RFC1123¶

Format string: “r” or “ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH’:’mm’:’ss GMT’”
Meaning: The day of the week in three-letter format, a comma, the 2-digit day, the three-letter month, the four-digit year, the two-digit hour of the 24-hour clock, a colon, the 2-digit minute, a colon, the 2-digit second, the letters GMT.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.RFC1123) == "Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:47:00 GMT";

TimeFormats.ShortDate¶

Format string: “d”
Meaning: Short date pattern. Exact format depends on region settings, but for Australia it is equivalent to “d/MM/yyyy” format.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.ShortDate) == "19/06/2015";

TimeFormats.ShortDateShortTime¶

Format string: “G”
Meaning: Identical to GeneralDateLongTime

TimeFormats.ShortDayOfWeek¶

Format string: “ddd”
Meaning: The day of the week abbreviated to three letters.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.ShortDayOfWeek) == "Fri";

TimeFormats.ShortMonthName¶

Format string: “MMM”
Meaning: The month abbreviated to three letters.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.ShortMonthName) == "Jun";

TimeFormats.ShortYear¶

Format string: “yy”
Meaning: The year abbreviated to the last two least significant digits.

Example:

Convert.ToString(Time.CurrentLocal(), TimeFormats.ShortYear) == "15";