DateTimeFormatInfo.AbbreviatedDayNames Property (System.Globalization)

AbbreviatedDayNames Property

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DateTimeFormatInfo..::.AbbreviatedDayNames Property

Gets or sets a one-dimensional array of type String containing the culture-specific abbreviated names of the days of the week.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Property AbbreviatedDayNames As String()

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As DateTimeFormatInfo
Dim value As String()

value = instance.AbbreviatedDayNames

instance.AbbreviatedDayNames = value

public string[] AbbreviatedDayNames { get; set; }

Visual C++

public:
property array<String^>^ AbbreviatedDayNames {
    array<String^>^ get ();
    void set (array<String^>^ value);
}

JScript

public function get AbbreviatedDayNames () : String[]
public function set AbbreviatedDayNames (value : String[])

Property Value

Type: array<System..::.String>[]()[]
A one-dimensional array of type String containing the culture-specific abbreviated names of the days of the week. The array for InvariantInfo contains "Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", and "Sat".

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The property is being set to nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
ArgumentException	The property is being set to an array that is multidimensional or that has a length that is not exactly 7.
InvalidOperationException	The property is being set and the DateTimeFormatInfo is read-only.

Remarks

If setting this property, the array must be one-dimensional and must have exactly seven elements.

If the custom pattern includes the format pattern "ddd", DateTime..::.ToString displays the value of AbbreviatedDayNames in place of the "ddd" in the format pattern.

This property is affected if the value of the Calendar property changes. If the selected Calendar does not support abbreviated day names, the array contains the full day names.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

DateTimeFormatInfo Class

DateTimeFormatInfo Members

System.Globalization Namespace

DayNames

AbbreviatedMonthNames

GetAbbreviatedDayName