String.format() DateTime With Arabic culture

Question

check the below code snippet,

namespace TestDateConvertion
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            DateTime testValue = new DateTime(2013, 12, 15, 15, 33, 44);

            CultureInfo culture = new CultureInfo("ar-SA");
            string stringValue = string.Format(culture, "{0:d} {0:HH:mm:ss}", testValue);
            Console.WriteLine(stringValue);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

It gives the output as

22/02/35 15:33:44

I am not getting how this is possible. whats the 35 doing in output there

Answer 1

That's 13/12/2015 in Hijri, 35 means 1435 in Hijri, the default date format for Saudi Arabia.

Answer 2

Is not a part of you year ? I you try string.Format(culture, "{0:dd MM yyyy} {0:HH:mm:ss}", testValue);, you will receive 12 02 1435 15:33:44