Returns a specially formatted date stamp - CSharp System

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Returns a specially formatted date stamp

Demo Code


using System.Collections;
using System;/*  ww  w  . j  a  v a2  s  . c om*/

public class Main{
        #endregion

        #region -------- PUBLIC - GetRFCDateStamp --------
        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a specially formatted date stamp
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="date">The date for which the stamp is generated</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static string GetRFCDateStamp(DateTime date) {
            string dayName = Convert.ToString(date.DayOfWeek).Substring(0, 3);
            string dayNum = Convert.ToString(date.Day);
            if (date.Day < 10)
                dayNum = "0" + dayNum;
            string month = GetMonthName(date.Month);
            if (month.Length > 3)
                month = month.Substring(0, 3);
            string year = Convert.ToString(date.Year);
            string hh, mm, ss;
            if (date.Hour <= 9)
                hh = "0" + Convert.ToString(date.Hour);
            else
                hh = Convert.ToString(date.Hour);

            if (date.Minute <= 9)
                mm = "0" + Convert.ToString(date.Minute);
            else
                mm = Convert.ToString(date.Minute);

            if (date.Second <= 9)
                ss = "0" + Convert.ToString(date.Second);
            else
                ss = Convert.ToString(date.Second);

            string offset = "";

            int off = TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone.GetUtcOffset(date).Hours;
            string sign = "-";
            if (off > 0)
                sign = "+";
            else
                off *= -1;

            if (off < 9)
                offset = sign + "0" + Convert.ToString(off) + "00";
            else
                offset = sign + Convert.ToString(off) + "00";

            string time = hh + ":" + mm + ":" + ss;
            return dayName + ", " + dayNum + " " + month + " " + year + " " + time + " " + offset;
        }
}

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