/// <summary>
/// Gets the time from a
/// <see cref="T:System.DateTime"/>
/// object in short Metro format.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Metro design guidelines normalize strings to lowercase.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="dt">Time information.</param>
/// <returns>"10:20p" for 10:20 p.m. when en-US.</returns>
public static string GetSuperShortTime(DateTime dt)
{
if (formatInfo_GetSuperShortTime == null)
{
lock (lock_GetSuperShortTime)
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(string.Empty);
string seconds;
formatInfo_GetSuperShortTime = (DateTimeFormatInfo)CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.Clone();
result.Append(formatInfo_GetSuperShortTime.LongTimePattern);
seconds = rxSeconds.Match(result.ToString()).Value;
result.Replace(" ", string.Empty);
result.Replace(seconds, string.Empty);
if (!(DateTimeFormatHelper.IsCurrentCultureJapanese() ||
DateTimeFormatHelper.IsCurrentCultureKorean() ||
DateTimeFormatHelper.IsCurrentCultureHungarian()))
{
result.Replace(DoubleMeridiemDesignator, SingleMeridiemDesignator);
}
formatInfo_GetSuperShortTime.ShortTimePattern = result.ToString();
}
}
return(dt.ToString("t", formatInfo_GetSuperShortTime).ToLowerInvariant());
}
