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DateTimeFormatInfo::UniversalSortableDateTimePattern Property

 

Gets the custom format string for a universal, sortable date and time string.

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

public:
property String^ UniversalSortableDateTimePattern {
	String^ get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::String^

The custom format string for a universal, sortable date and time string.

The UniversalSortableDateTimePattern property defines the 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 "u" standard format string. It can be used to display dates and times in a sortable order with the universal time designator "Z" at the end. The format is sortable because it uses leading zeros for year, month, day, hour, minute, and second. The custom format string ("yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'") is the same regardless of culture or format provider.

The format string returned by the UniversalSortableDateTimePattern property reflects a defined standard, and the property is read-only. Therefore, it is always the same, regardless of the culture. The custom format string is "yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'".

The following example displays the value of UniversalSortableDateTimePattern 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->UniversalSortableDateTimePattern );
}

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.

CULTURE    PROPERTY VALUE
en-US     yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'
ja-JP     yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'
fr-FR     yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'

*/

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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