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DateTime Structure
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 ToShortTimeString Method

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DateTime.ToShortTimeString Method

Converts the value of this instance to its equivalent short time string representation.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Function ToShortTimeString As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As DateTime
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.ToShortTimeString
C#
public string ToShortTimeString ()
C++
public:
String^ ToShortTimeString ()
J#
public String ToShortTimeString ()
JScript
public function ToShortTimeString () : String

Return Value

A string containing the name of the day of the week, the name of the month, the numeric day of the hours, minutes, and seconds equivalent to the time value of this instance.

The value of this instance is formatted using the short time format character, 't'. The return value is identical to the value returned by ToString ("t", null).

For more information about format characters, format patterns, and the output they produce, see the Formatting Overview topic. For more information about changing the format pattern associated with a format character see the DateTimeFormatInfo class.

This method uses formatting information derived from the current culture. For more information about the current culture, see the CurrentCulture class. You can use the CultureInfo.DateTimeFormat property to obtain the DateTimeFormatInfo for the current culture.

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.0
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