Get first three characters from DayOfWeek , Month

Question

I've a datetime:

DateTime dt = new DateTime(2003, 5, 1);
dt.DayOfWeek // returns Thursday

How I can split only first three characters from DayOfWeek e.g. Thu?

Answer 1

If you mean for it to work in different cultures, then your best bet is probably:

var abbr = culture.DateTimeFormat.GetAbbreviatedDayName(dayOfWeek);

where culture is a CultureInfo, for example:

var culture = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;

In English cultures, this is the 3-letter version:

Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat