Convert.ToString Method (DateTime, IFormatProvider)
Converts the value of the specified DateTime to its equivalent string representation, using the specified culture-specific formatting information.
Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- value
- Type: System.DateTime
The date and time value to convert.
- provider
- Type: System.IFormatProvider
An object that supplies culture-specific formatting information.
This implementation is identical to DateTime.ToString(IFormatProvider).
The following example converts a DateTime value to its equivalent string representation in eight different cultures.
// Specify the date to be formatted using various cultures. DateTime tDate = new DateTime(2010, 4, 15, 20, 30, 40, 333); // Specify the cultures. string[] cultureNames = { "en-US", "es-AR", "fr-FR", "hi-IN", "ja-JP", "nl-NL", "ru-RU", "ur-PK" }; Console.WriteLine("Converting the date {0}: ", Convert.ToString(tDate, System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)); foreach (string cultureName in cultureNames) { System.Globalization.CultureInfo culture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo(cultureName); string dateString = Convert.ToString(tDate, culture); Console.WriteLine(" {0}: {1,-12}", culture.Name, dateString); } // The example displays the following output: // Converting the date 04/15/2010 20:30:40: // en-US: 4/15/2010 8:30:40 PM // es-AR: 15/04/2010 08:30:40 p.m. // fr-FR: 15/04/2010 20:30:40 // hi-IN: 15-04-2010 20:30:40 // ja-JP: 2010/04/15 20:30:40 // nl-NL: 15-4-2010 20:30:40 // ru-RU: 15.04.2010 20:30:40 // ur-PK: 15/04/2010 8:30:40 PM
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
