How to retrieve day name by date for multi-language?

[tg2003]

Hello,

I have to retrieve the day name by the absolute date. e.g. Today is 11/17/2008, so I need that this function(?) will retrieve "Monday".

Currently I'm using

Dim day As String = DateTime.Today.ToString("ddd")

which makes the work only if I use "English" as may regional language (it returns Sun/Mon/Tue etc.). This code doesn't work on other languages, in hence I'm looking for another function that can calculate the day by the date, and always returns its name in English. I'm planning my app to be multi-language.

If you know about such function - please let me know.
Many thanks!

 

[SgtJarrow]

Not sure of a built-in function, but you could do this simply enough with your own function. Add a new module to your project and try something like this:

Public Function MyWeekDayName(MyDate As Date) As String

    Dim TheName As String = String.Empty

    Select Case MyDate.DayOfWeek
        Case 1
            TheName = "Mon"
        Case 2
            TheName = "Tue"
        ' And So On
    End Select

    Return TheName

End Function

Then anywhere you want to display this name, you need to call it like:

Me.TextBox1.Text = MyWeekDayName(DateTime.Today)

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[tg2003]

Thanks! I will try this approach.