DateTimeFormatInfo.GetAbbreviatedDayName(DayOfWeek) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Globalization

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

DateTimeFormatInfo.cs

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

public:
 System::String ^ GetAbbreviatedDayName(DayOfWeek dayofweek);

public string GetAbbreviatedDayName (DayOfWeek dayofweek);

member this.GetAbbreviatedDayName : DayOfWeek -> string

Public Function GetAbbreviatedDayName (dayofweek As DayOfWeek) As String

Parameters

dayofweek

DayOfWeek

A DayOfWeek value.

Returns

String

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

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

dayofweek is not a valid DayOfWeek value.

Remarks

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

dayofweek	Return value
Sunday	"Sun"
Monday	"Mon"
Tuesday	"Tue"
Wednesday	"Wed"
Thursday	"Thu"
Friday	"Fri"
Saturday	"Sat"

See also

• CultureInfo
• GregorianCalendar
• AbbreviatedDayNames
• DayOfWeek