TimeZoneInfo.DaylightName Property
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Gets the localized display name for the current time zone's daylight saving time.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.StringThe display name for the time zone's localized daylight saving time.
A DaylightName property whose value is not String.Empty or null does not necessarily indicate that the time zone supports daylight saving time. To determine whether the time zone supports daylight saving time, check the value of its SupportsDaylightSavingTime property.
Version Notes
XNA Framework
When this property is used in the XNA Framework, it throws a NotSupportedException exception.The following example defines a method named DisplayDateWithTimeZoneName that uses the IsDaylightSavingTime(DateTime) method to determine whether to display a time zone's standard time name or daylight saving time name.
private void DisplayDateWithTimeZoneName(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock, DateTime date1, TimeZoneInfo timeZone) { outputBlock.Text += String.Format("The time is {0:t} on {0:d} {1}", date1, timeZone.IsDaylightSavingTime(date1) ? timeZone.DaylightName : timeZone.StandardName) + "\n"; }