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Sridhar Narasimhan
Sridhar Narasimhan

Reputation: 2653

How to Get the ToString() from DateTime

I have tried to get the ToLower() method of string using the below code.

 var tolowerMethod = typeof(string).GetMethods().Where(m => m.Name == "ToLower").FirstOrDefault();

I am trying to get the ToString() method of DateTime. I have used the below code 

var formatMethod = typeof(DateTime).GetMethods().Where(m => m.Name == "ToString").ElementAt(1);

This is not unique. I have tried something like below but without success.

var formatMethod2 = typeof(DateTime).GetMethods().Where(m => m.Name == "ToString").Where(x=>x.GetParameters().Select(t=>t.ParameterType).Equals(typeof(string))).FirstOrDefault();

any Ideas?

Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 327

Answers (2)

Viper
Viper

Reputation: 2236

It depends on which overload of the ToString( ) method you want:

var method = typeof( DateTime ).GetMethods( )
                               .Where ( item => item.Name == "ToString" && 
                                                item.GetParameters( ).Count () == 0 );

// this is the DateTime.Now.ToString( ) method without any parameter

Upvotes: 1

sgmoore
sgmoore

Reputation: 16067

Does it have to be linq? You probably want something like :

 var x = typeof(DateTime).GetMethod("ToString", new Type[] { typeof(string) });

or

 var x = typeof(DateTime).GetMethod("ToString", new Type[] { });

or ...

Upvotes: 3

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