System.Globalization Namespace   DateTimeFormatInfo Class

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Sets or retrieves the string that separates the components of a date; that is, the year, month, and day.

[ VB ]
public Property DateSeparator As String

[ C# ]
public string DateSeparator {get; set;}

[ C++ ]
public: __property String* get_DateSeparator ( );
public: __property void set_DateSeparator ( String* );

[ JScript ]
function get DateSeparator ( ) : String;
public function set DateSeparator ( String );

The string that separates the components of a date; that is, the year, month, and day. The default for InvariantInfo is "/".

Exception Type	Condition
ArgumentNullException	The property is being set to a null reference ( Nothing in Visual Basic ).
InvalidOperationException	The property is being set and the DateTimeFormatInfo is read-only.

If the custom pattern includes the format pattern "/", DateTime.ToString displays the value of DateSeparator in place of the "/" in the format pattern.

This example shows how you can create a DateTimeFormatInfo object for a given culture, to gain access to the DateSeparator property for the specified culture.

First, you need to instantiate a CultureInfo object with the specified culture name, and then retrieve the CultureInfo.DateTimeFormat property.

This returns a DateTimeFormatInfo instance specific to the given culture, which you can then use to get to any DateTimeFormatInfo method or property, such as DateSeparator.

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