DateTimeFormatInfo.LongDatePattern Property

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      DateTime date1 = new DateTime(2001, 11, 12);
      string[] cultureNames = { "en-US", "fr-FR", "ru-RU", "de-DE" };
      Console.WriteLine("{0,-7} {1,-20} {2:D}\n", "Culture", "Long Date Pattern", "Date");
      foreach (var cultureName in cultureNames) {
         CultureInfo culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture(cultureName);
         Console.WriteLine("{0,-7} {1,-20} {2}", 
                           culture.Name, 
                           culture.DateTimeFormat.LongDatePattern, 
                           date1.ToString("D", culture));                 
      }
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//    Culture Long Date Pattern    Date
//    en-US   dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy  Saturday, November 12, 2011
//    fr-FR   dddd d MMMM yyyy     samedi 12 novembre 2011
//    ru-RU   d MMMM yyyy 'г.'     12 ноября 2011 г.
//    de-DE   dddd, d. MMMM yyyy   Samstag, 12. November 2011

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.IO;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      DateTime date1 = new DateTime(2011, 8, 7);
      CultureInfo ci = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("ar-SY");
      StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(@".\arSYCalendars.txt"); 

      sw.WriteLine("{0,-32} {1,-21} {2}\n", 
                   "Calendar", "Long Date Pattern", "Example Date");
      foreach (var cal in ci.OptionalCalendars) {
         ci.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = cal;
         sw.WriteLine("{0,-32} {1,-21} {2}", GetCalendarName(cal), 
                                             ci.DateTimeFormat.LongDatePattern,
                                             date1.ToString("D", ci));
      }     
      sw.Close();
   }

   private static string GetCalendarName(Calendar cal)
   {
      string calName;
      calName = cal.GetType().Name.Substring(0, cal.GetType().Name.IndexOf("Cal"));
      if (calName.Equals("Gregorian")) {
         GregorianCalendar grCal = cal as GregorianCalendar;
         calName += String.Format("-{0}", grCal.CalendarType);    
      }
      return calName;
   }
}
// The example generates the following output:
//    Calendar                         Long Date Pattern     Example Date
//    
//    Gregorian-Localized              dd MMMM, yyyy         07 آب, 2011
//    UmAlQura                         dd/MMMM/yyyy          07/رمضان/1432
//    Hijri                            dd/MM/yyyy            08/09/1432
//    Gregorian-USEnglish              dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy   Sunday, August 07, 2011
//    Gregorian-MiddleEastFrench       dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy   dimanche, août 07, 2011
//    Gregorian-TransliteratedEnglish  dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy   الأحد, أغسطس 07, 2011
//    Gregorian-TransliteratedFrench   dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy   الأحد, أوت 07, 2011

using System;
using System.Globalization;


public class SamplesDTFI  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Displays the values of the pattern properties.
      Console.WriteLine( " CULTURE    PROPERTY VALUE" );
      PrintPattern( "en-US" );
      PrintPattern( "ja-JP" );
      PrintPattern( "fr-FR" );

   }

   public static void PrintPattern( String myCulture )  {

      DateTimeFormatInfo myDTFI = new CultureInfo( myCulture, false ).DateTimeFormat;
      Console.WriteLine( "  {0}     {1}", myCulture, myDTFI.LongDatePattern );

   }

}

/*
This code produces the following output.  The question marks take the place of native script characters.

 CULTURE    PROPERTY VALUE
  en-US     dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy
  ja-JP     yyyy'?'M'?'d'?'
  fr-FR     dddd d MMMM yyyy

*/