Returning an array of culture formatted dates C# MVC3
- by user1875797
I'm new to programming and trying to do an exercise that formats a date to the Thai culture in a variety of formats this is what I have for my code so far:
public String[] FormatAsSpecified(DateTime theDate, String theCulture, String[] formats)
{
String[] dateResults = new String[formats.Length];
CultureInfo culture = CultureInfo.GetCultureInfo(theCulture);
for (int i = 0; i < formats.Length; i++)
{
String culture_formatted_date = theDate.ToString(formats[i], culture);
dateResults[i] = culture_formatted_date;
}
return dateResults;
}
This is the test method that goes with it:
[TestMethod]
public void FormatAsSpecifiedReturnsDateLiteralsInSpecifiedFormatForAllStandardFormatStrings()
{
//Arrange
var controller = new DateController();
var theDate = new DateTime(2014, 2, 14, 9, 15, 32, 376);
String theCulture = "th-TH";
// Array of all supported standard date and time format specifiers.
String[] formats
= { "d", "D", "f", "F", "g", "G", "m", "o", "r", "s", "t", "T", "u", "U", "Y" };
//Corresponding date literals for the standard Thai regional settings
String[] expectedResults
= {"14/2/2557"
, "14 ?????????? 2557"
, "14 ?????????? 2557 9:15"
, "14 ?????????? 2557 9:15:32"
, "14/2/2557 9:15"
, "14/2/2557 9:15:32"
, "14 ??????????"
, "2014-02-14T09:15:32.3760000"
, "Fri, 14 Feb 2014 09:15:32 GMT"
, "2014-02-14T09:15:32"
, "9:15"
, "9:15:32"
, "2014-02-14 09:15:32Z"
, "??????????? 14 ?????????? 2014 9:15:32"
, "?????????? 2557"};
//Act
String[] actualResults = new String[15];
for (int i = 0; i < formats.Length; i++)
{
actualResults[i]
= controller.FormatAsSpecified(theDate, theCulture, formats[i]);
}
//Assert
CollectionAssert.AreEqual(expectedResults, actualResults);
}
I get an error in the test method at 'controller.FormatAsSpecified(theDate, theCulture, formats[i]);' that says "Argument 3, cannot convert from 'string' to 'string[]'"
What am I doing wrong?
