Show-DateTimeFormatInfo.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script re-implements and MSDN sample that shows 
4.     the different Date/Time Formatting characters and 
5.     how they are used in formatting date/time objects. 
6. .DESCRIPTION 
7.     This script Creates a date/time object, then shows formatting 
8.     using the key Date/Time Format strings. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Show-DateTimeFormatInfo.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
16.     MSDN sample posted to: 
17.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.datetimeformatinfo.aspx 
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     Left as an exercise for the reader. 
20.      
21. #> 
22.  
23.  
24. # Create and initialise a DateTimeFormatInfo associated with the en-US culture. 
25.  $MyDTFI = (new-object System.Globalization.CultureInfo "en-US", $false ).DateTimeFormat 
26.  
27. # Create a DateTime with the Gregorian date January 3, 2002 (year=2002, month=1, day=3) 
28. # The Gregorian calendar is the default calendar for the en-US culture 
29. $MyDT = new-object System.DateTime  2002, 1, 3  
30.  
31. # Display the format pattern associated with each format character 
32. "FORMAT  en-US EXAMPLE" 
33. "CHAR    VALUE OF ASSOCIATED PROPERTY, IF ANY"  
34. "  d     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("d", $MyDTFI)  
35. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.ShortDatePattern, "(ShortDatePattern)" 
36. "  D     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("D", $MyDTFI) 
37. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.LongDatePattern, "(LongDatePattern)" 
38. "  f     {0}`n"        -f $MyDT.ToString("f", $MyDTFI) 
39. "  F     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("F", $MyDTFI) 
40. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.FullDateTimePattern, "(FullDateTimePattern)" 
41. "  g     {0}`n"        -f $MyDT.ToString("g", $MyDTFI) 
42. "  G     {0}`n"        -f $MyDT.ToString("G", $MyDTFI) 
43. "  m     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("m", $MyDTFI) 
44. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.MonthDayPattern, "(MonthDayPattern)" 
45. "  M     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("M", $MyDTFI)  
46. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.MonthDayPattern, "(MonthDayPattern)" 
47. "  o     {0}`n"        -f $MyDT.ToString("o", $MyDTFI) 
48. "  r     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("r", $MyDTFI)  
49. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.RFC1123Pattern, "(RFC1123Pattern)" 
50. "  R     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("R", $MyDTFI)  
51. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.RFC1123Pattern, "(RFC1123Pattern)" 
52. "  s     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("s", $MyDTFI)  
53. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.SortableDateTimePattern, "(SortableDateTimePattern)" 
54. "  t     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("t", $MyDTFI)  
55. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.ShortTimePattern, "(ShortTimePattern)" 
56. "  T     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("T", $MyDTFI)  
57. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.LongTimePattern, "(LongTimePattern)" 
58. "  u     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("u", $MyDTFI)  
59. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.UniversalSortableDateTimePattern, "(UniversalSortableDateTimePattern)" 
60. "  U     {0}`n"        -f $MyDT.ToString("U", $MyDTFI) 
61. "  y     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("y", $MyDTFI)  
62. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.YearMonthPattern, "(YearMonthPattern)" 
63. "  Y     {0}"          -f $MyDT.ToString("Y", $MyDTFI)  
64. "        {0}    {1}`n" -f $MyDTFI.YearMonthPattern, "(YearMonthPattern)" 

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