DateTimeFormatInfo.GetDayName(DayOfWeek) Method

Definition

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

C#
public string GetDayName(DayOfWeek dayofweek);

Parameters

dayofweek
DayOfWeek

A DayOfWeek value.

Returns

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

Exceptions

dayofweek is not a valid DayOfWeek value.

Remarks

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"

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also