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DateTimeFormatInfo::GetDayName Method (DayOfWeek)

 

Returns the culture-specific full name of the specified day of the week based on the culture associated with the current DateTimeFormatInfo object.

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

public:
String^ GetDayName(
	DayOfWeek dayofweek
)

Parameters

dayofweek
Type: System::DayOfWeek

A System::DayOfWeek value.

Return Value

Type: System::String^

The culture-specific full name of the day of the week represented by dayofweek.

Exception Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException

dayofweek is not a valid System::DayOfWeek value.

For the default invariant DateTimeFormatInfo object, this method returns a string from the GregorianCalendar object.

dayofweek

Return Value

Sunday

"Sunday"

Monday

"Monday"

Tuesday

"Tuesday"

Wednesday

"Wednesday"

Thursday

"Thursday"

Friday

"Friday"

Saturday

"Saturday"

Universal Windows Platform
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
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