C#: String representation of a date and time for four different cultures

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Write a C# Sharp program to use each of the standard date and time format strings to display the string representation of a date and time. This is for four different cultures.

Sample Solution:-

C# Sharp Code:

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example39
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // Create an array of all supported standard date and time format specifiers.
        string[] formats = {"d", "D", "f", "F", "g", "G", "m", "o", "r", 
                            "s", "t", "T", "u", "U", "Y"};

        // Create an array of four cultures.
        CultureInfo[] cultures = {CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("zh-HK"), 
                                  CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US"), 
                                  CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("es-GB"), 
                                  CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("fr-CA")};

        // Define date to be displayed.
        DateTime dateToDisplay = new DateTime(2015, 10, 16, 17, 4, 32);

        // Iterate through each standard format specifier.
        foreach (string formatSpecifier in formats)
        {
            // Iterate through each culture.
            foreach (CultureInfo culture in cultures)
            {
                // Display formatted date using the current format specifier and culture.
                Console.WriteLine("{0} Format Specifier {1, 10} Culture {2, 40}", 
                                  formatSpecifier, culture.Name, 
                                  dateToDisplay.ToString(formatSpecifier, culture));
            }

            Console.WriteLine(); // Add a line break for better readability between format specifiers.
        }   
    }
}

Sample Output:

d Format Specifier      zh-HK Culture                               16/10/2015                                
d Format Specifier      en-US Culture                               10/16/2015                                
d Format Specifier      es-ES Culture                               16/10/2015                                
d Format Specifier      fr-CA Culture                               2015-10-16                                
                                                                                                              
D Format Specifier      zh-HK Culture                              2015年10月16日                                
D Format Specifier      en-US Culture                 Friday, October 16, 2015                                
D Format Specifier      es-ES Culture           viernes, 16 de octubre de 2015                                
D Format Specifier      fr-CA Culture                          16 octobre 2015 
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d Format Specifier      zh-HK Culture                               16/10/2015                                
d Format Specifier      en-US Culture                               10/16/2015                                
d Format Specifier      es-ES Culture                               16/10/2015                                
d Format Specifier      fr-CA Culture                               2015-10-16                                
                                                                                                              
D Format Specifier      zh-HK Culture                              2015年10月16日                                
D Format Specifier      en-US Culture                 Friday, October 16, 2015                                
D Format Specifier      es-ES Culture           viernes, 16 de octubre de 2015                                
D Format Specifier      fr-CA Culture                          16 octobre 2015

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