Finding weekend days based on culture

Question

Is there a way to find the days that constitute a weekend or workweek based on different cultures using the .NET framework? For example, some Muslim countries have a workwee

Answer 1

The below code will work till the time last 2 days are considered as weekends in cultures.

:)

/// 

/// Returns true if the specified date is weekend in given culture
/// is in. 
/// 
public static bool IsItWeekend(DateTime currentDay, CultureInfo cultureInfo)
{
    bool isItWeekend = false;

    DayOfWeek firstDay = cultureInfo.DateTimeFormat.FirstDayOfWeek;

    DayOfWeek currentDayInProvidedDatetime = currentDay.DayOfWeek;

    DayOfWeek lastDayOfWeek = firstDay + 4;

    if (currentDayInProvidedDatetime == lastDayOfWeek + 1 || currentDayInProvidedDatetime == lastDayOfWeek + 2)
        isItWeekend = true;

    return isItWeekend;         
}

Amit Tonk