DateTimeFormatInfo.MonthDayPattern Property
Gets or sets the format pattern for a month and day value, which is associated with the "m" and "M" format patterns.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.StringThe format pattern for a month and day value, which is associated with the "m" and "M" format patterns.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | The property is being set to null. |
| InvalidOperationException | The property is being set and the DateTimeFormatInfo is read-only. |
See DateTimeFormatInfo for patterns that can be combined to construct custom patterns, for example, "MMMM dd".
This property is affected if the value of the Calendar property changes.
The following code example displays the value of MonthDayPattern for a few cultures.
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.MonthDayPattern ); } } /* This code produces the following output. The question marks take the place of native script characters. CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE en-US MMMM dd ja-JP M'?'d'?' fr-FR d MMMM */
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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.
