Class TimeZoneInfoExtensions

Extend the sealed TimeZoneInfo class to support abbreviated time zone names.

Inheritance

System.Object

TimeZoneInfoExtensions

Namespace: WizardWrx

Assembly: WizardWrx.Core.dll

Syntax

public static class TimeZoneInfoExtensions : object

Methods

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AbbreviateDaylightName(TimeZoneInfo)

Get the abbreviated time zone Daylight Name.

Declaration

public static string AbbreviateDaylightName(this TimeZoneInfo ptzi)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TimeZoneInfo	ptzi	Specify the TimeZoneInfo object to process. This implicit paramteer is supplied by the runtime when the extension method is called.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	The abbreviated name is constructed from the name specified on the DaylightName property on the TimeZoneInfo object by extracting from it the first letter of each word.

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AbbreviateDisplayName(TimeZoneInfo)

Get the abbreviated time zone Display Name.

Declaration

public static string AbbreviateDisplayName(this TimeZoneInfo ptzi)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TimeZoneInfo	ptzi	Specify the TimeZoneInfo object to process. This implicit paramteer is supplied by the runtime when the extension method is called.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	The abbreviated name is constructed from the name specified on the DisplayName property on the TimeZoneInfo object by extracting from it the first letter of each word. The Display Name sees much less use because it includes the UTC offset, which confuses users who are unfamiliar with the details of UTC in particular and time zones in general.

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AbbreviatedStandardName(TimeZoneInfo)

Get the abbreviated time zone Standard Name.

Declaration

public static string AbbreviatedStandardName(this TimeZoneInfo ptzi)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TimeZoneInfo	ptzi	Specify the TimeZoneInfo object to process. This implicit paramteer is supplied by the runtime when the extension method is called.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	The abbreviated name is constructed from the name specified on the StandardName property on the TimeZoneInfo object by extracting from it the first letter of each word.

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GetCurrentTimeZoneName(TimeZoneInfo, DateTime, Boolean)

Given a DateTime object to establish whether to display the Stanadrd Name or the Daylight Name, return the appropriate string for the part of the year that it represents.

Declaration

public static string GetCurrentTimeZoneName(this TimeZoneInfo ptzi, DateTime pdtmDateTime, bool pfAbbreviate)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
TimeZoneInfo	ptzi	Specify the TimeZoneInfo object to process. This implicit paramteer is supplied by the runtime when the extension method is called.
DateTime	pdtmDateTime	The IsDaylightSavingTime method on the `ptzi` instance establishes the correct string to return for the time that it represents, assuming that its DateTimeKind property is Local or that it is implicitly interpreted as such.
System.Boolean	pfAbbreviate	When True, this flag causes the abbreviated time zone name to be displayed. Otherwise, the appropriate string from the extended TimeZoneInfo instance is returned.

Returns

Type	Description
System.String	The return value is the standard or daylight time zone name string or abbreviation that represents the time specified by argument `pdtmDateTime` as directed by argument `pfAbbreviate`.