DateTimeFormatInfo.ShortTimePattern Property      
Definition
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Gets or sets the custom format string for a short time value.
public:
 property System::String ^ ShortTimePattern { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };public string ShortTimePattern { get; set; }member this.ShortTimePattern : string with get, setPublic Property ShortTimePattern As StringProperty Value
The custom format string for a short time value.
Exceptions
The property is being set to null.
The property is being set and the DateTimeFormatInfo object is read-only.
Examples
The following example displays the value of ShortTimePattern for a few cultures.
using System;
using System.Globalization;
public class SamplesDTFI  {
   public static void Main()  {
      // Displays the values of the pattern properties.
      Console.WriteLine( " CULTURE    PROPERTY VALUE" );
      PrintPattern( "en-US" );
      PrintPattern( "ja-JP" );
      PrintPattern( "fr-FR" );
   }
   public static void PrintPattern( String myCulture )  {
      DateTimeFormatInfo myDTFI = new CultureInfo( myCulture, false ).DateTimeFormat;
      Console.WriteLine( "  {0}     {1}", myCulture, myDTFI.ShortTimePattern );
   }
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
 CULTURE    PROPERTY VALUE
  en-US     h:mm tt
  ja-JP     H:mm
  fr-FR     HH:mm
*/
Imports System.Globalization
Public Class SamplesDTFI
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      ' Displays the values of the pattern properties.
      Console.WriteLine(" CULTURE    PROPERTY VALUE")
      PrintPattern("en-US")
      PrintPattern("ja-JP")
      PrintPattern("fr-FR")
   End Sub
   Public Shared Sub PrintPattern(myCulture As [String])
      Dim myDTFI As DateTimeFormatInfo = New CultureInfo(myCulture, False).DateTimeFormat
      Console.WriteLine("  {0}     {1}", myCulture, myDTFI.ShortTimePattern)
   End Sub
End Class
'This code produces the following output.
'
' CULTURE    PROPERTY VALUE
'  en-US     h:mm tt
'  ja-JP     H:mm
'  fr-FR     HH:mm
'
Remarks
The ShortTimePattern property defines the culture-specific format of date strings that are returned by calls to the DateTime.ToString and DateTimeOffset.ToString methods and by composite format strings that are supplied the "t" standard format string.
We recommend that you set the time separator in the short time pattern to an exact string instead of using the time separator placeholder. For example, to obtain the pattern h-mm-ss, set the short time pattern to "h-mm-ss".