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Using CultureInfo to modify output

     

Using CultureInfo to modify output

October 27, 2003

Mostly we want to change output results of our applications to another culture setting. In this code sniplet we will format current date time for our culture settings. 

Now first let's see which culture settings and outputs we can change.

And now we are formating date time for France (fr-FR). To understand output we will format a long date time.

<%@ Page Language="VB" Debug="true" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Globalization" %>
<script language="VB" runat="server">

 Sub Page_Load(Source as Object, E as EventArgs)

 Dim dt As DateTime = DateTime.Now
 Dim strCultureInfo As CultureInfo = New CultureInfo("fr-FR")
 response.write( dt.ToString("f", strCultureInfo ) )
 end sub
</script>

Our out will be like this :

lundi 27 octobre 2003 22:54