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PickerFormat Property

Gets or sets a string value that represents the format of the SelectedDate value. This is a dependency property.

Syntax
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 public String PickerFormat { get; set; }

Property Value

A string value that represents the format of the SelectedDatevalue. The default value is "d".

Remarks

The DatePicker control can recognize common DateTime patterns, the following table illustrates the list of patterns supported:

Picker Format Description
d Short date pattern.
D Long date pattern.
f Full date/time pattern (short time).
F Full date/time pattern (long time).
g General date/time pattern (short time).
G General date/time pattern (long time).
M or m Month/day pattern.
O or o Round-trip date/time pattern.
R or r RFC1123 pattern.
s Sortable date/time pattern.
t Short time pattern.
T Long time pattern.
u Universal sortable date/time pattern.
U Universal full date/time pattern.
Y or y Year month pattern.

For more information on standard DateTime format string see this MSDN page.

If none of the standard DateTime format strings suit a user particular needs. A custom Picker format can be used, the following XAML usses a custom picker format values:
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<eo:DatePicker SelectedDate="1/1/2013" PickerFormat="yyyy -- MMM -- dd dddd" />
The following table lists all the specifiers that can be used:
Specifier Description
d Displays the current day of the month, measured as a number between 1 and 31, inclusive. If the day is a single digit only (1-9), then it is displayed as a single digit.
dd Displays the current day of the month, measured as a number between 1 and 31, inclusive. If the day is a single digit only (1-9), it is formatted with a preceding 0 (01-09).
ddd Displays the abbreviated name of the day for the specified DateTime. It uses the AbbreviatedDayNames list from the Language equivalent CultureInfo object.
dddd Displays the full name of the day for the specified DateTime. It uses the DayNames list from the Language equivalent CultureInfo object.
M Displays the month, measured as a number between 1 and 12, inclusive. If the month is a single digit (1-9), it is displayed as a single digit.
MM Displays the month, measured as a number between 1 and 12, inclusive. If the month is a single digit (1-9), it is formatted with a preceding 0 (01-09).
MMM Displays the abbreviated name of the month for the SelectedDate. It uses the AbbreviatedDayNames from the Language equivalent CultureInfo object.
MMMM Displays the full name of the month for the SelectedDate. It uses the MonthNames from the Language equivalent CultureInfo object.
y Displays the year for the specified DateTime as a maximum two-digit number. The first two digits of the year are omitted. If the year is a single digit (1-9), it is displayed as a single digit.
yy Displays the year for the specified DateTime as a maximum two-digit number. The first two digits of the year are omitted. If the year is a single digit (1-9), it is formatted with a preceding 0 (01-09).
yyy Displays the year for the SelectedDate, as a three-digit number. If the year is less than three digits in length, then preceding zeros are appended as necessary to make the displayed year three digits long.
yyyy Displays the year for the SelectedDate, including the century. If the year is less than four digits in length, then preceding zeros are appended as necessary to make the displayed year four digits long.
yyyyy Displays the year for the SelectedDate, as a five-digit number. If the year is less then five digits in length, then preceding zeros are appended as necessary to make the displayed year five digits long.
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