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 DateSeparator Property
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DateTimeFormatInfo..::.DateSeparator Property

Gets or sets the string that separates the components of a date, that is, the year, month, and day.

Namespace:  System.Globalization
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Property DateSeparator As String
Visual Basic (Usage)
Dim instance As DateTimeFormatInfo
Dim value As String

value = instance.DateSeparator

instance.DateSeparator = value
C#
public string DateSeparator { get; set; }
Visual C++
public:
property String^ DateSeparator {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
JScript
public function get DateSeparator () : String
public function set DateSeparator (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System..::.String
The string that separates the components of a date, that is, the year, month, and day. The default for InvariantInfo is "/".
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

The property is being set to nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

InvalidOperationException

The property is being set and the DateTimeFormatInfo is read-only.

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

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.

.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
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DateSeparator should be avoided      Shawn Steele [MSFT]   |   Edit   |   Show History
Date separator just grabs the first character(s) between m, d & y, and doesn't necessarily reflect the actual user pattern. For example, "4/15, 2009" wouldn't necessarily have a traditional "separator" between the month/day and the year parts of the format.
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