DateTimeOffset::DayOfWeek Property

 

Gets the day of the week represented by the current DateTimeOffset object.

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

public:
property DayOfWeek DayOfWeek {
	DayOfWeek get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::DayOfWeek

One of the enumeration values that indicates the day of the week of the current DateTimeOffset object.

The value of the constants in the DayOfWeek enumeration ranges from DayOfWeek::Sunday to DayOfWeek::Saturday. If cast to an integer, its value ranges from zero (which indicates DayOfWeek::Sunday) to six (which indicates DayOfWeek::Saturday).

You can also display the weekday name of a particular date by using the "D" format specifier or the "dddd" custom format specifier. For example:

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Note that the string returned by calling the ToString method of the DayOfWeek enumeration member that is returned by this property is not localized. To extract a string that contains the weekday name of the current culture or of a specific culture, call the ToString method with the "dddd" custom format specifier. For example, the following code displays the weekday name for a date using the fr-fr culture.

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The following example displays the weekday name of the first day of each month of the year 2008.

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Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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