DateTimeFormatInfo::YearMonthPattern Property
Gets or sets the custom format string for a year and month value.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | The property is being set to null. |
| InvalidOperationException | The property is being set and the DateTimeFormatInfo object is read-only. |
The YearMonthPattern property defines the culture-specific format of date strings that are returned by calls to the DateTime::ToString and DateTimeOffset::ToString methods and by composite format strings that are supplied the "y" and "Y" standard format strings.
This property is affected if the value of the Calendar property changes.
We recommend that you set the date separator in the year month pattern to an exact string instead of using the date separator placeholder. For example, to get the pattern MM-yyyy, set the year month pattern to "MM-yyyy".
The following example displays the value of YearMonthPattern for a few cultures.
using namespace System; using namespace System::Globalization; void PrintPattern( String^ myCulture ) { CultureInfo^ MyCI = gcnew CultureInfo( myCulture,false ); DateTimeFormatInfo^ myDTFI = MyCI->DateTimeFormat; Console::WriteLine( " {0} {1}", myCulture, myDTFI->YearMonthPattern ); } int main() { // Displays the values of the pattern properties. Console::WriteLine( " CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE" ); PrintPattern( "en-US" ); PrintPattern( "ja-JP" ); PrintPattern( "fr-FR" ); } /* This code produces the following output. The question marks take the place of native script characters. CULTURE PROPERTY VALUE en-US MMMM, yyyy ja-JP yyyy'?'M'?' fr-FR MMMM yyyy */
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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