Parameters

format

A string containing a character that specifies the format of the returned string.

Note: For a list of valid values, see System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo .

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provider

A IFormatProvider that supplies a System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo instance containing culture-specific formatting information. [Edit]

Returns

A string representation of the current instance formatted as specified by format. The string takes into account the information in the System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo supplied by provider. [Edit]

Exceptions

Type	Reason
FormatException	The length of the format string is 1, and it is not one of the format specifier characters defined for System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo. -or- The format string does not contain a valid custom format pattern. [Edit]

Remarks

If provider is null or a System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo cannot be obtained from provider, the formatting information for the current system culture is used.

If format is a null reference, the general format specifier "G" is used.

Note:

For more information regarding the standard format specifier, see System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo. For information on formatting system-supplied data types, see the IFormattable interface.

This method is implemented to support the IFormattable interface.

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Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0