Hi,

Can anybody explain me what exactly this CultureInfo all about.
What if I just wanted to format a date in different style. Should I have to use this CustureInfo and this is only solution or, does .Net Framework provide some other functions to do that.

In VB6 it was very easy, just put a format function and put the string stating style you want. or other way was to use formatdatetime.

why should i use this difficult method to just to change the date formatting



Vinod Pawar
Software Developer
India

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Vinod Pawar
United States

I am not VERY familiar with the CultureInfo... But I would say to use it because it gives you flexibility to make many changes based on the "culture", not just the date.

Of course, you can do the quick and dirty method and reformat the date and time- but I'd rather do it the complete and better way.

Hal Levy
Web Developer, PDI Inc.

NOT a Wiley/Wrox Employee

Vinod:
Have you looked at any of the information at:
http://www.dotnet247.com/247referenc...ltureInfo.aspx
regarding localization and culture info? Doug Sevin's article:
http://www.dotnet247.com/247referenc...3D2EDD38B.dcik
looks especially relevent.

Also, is your question really in regard to this in .NET 2.0? i.e. are you asking this question in the right forum here at p2p.wrox.com or would one of our other forums be better suited? Just checking.



Jim Minatel
Senior Acquisitions Editor
Wiley Technology Publishing
WROX Press
Jim's Book of the week: ASP.NET 2.0 Beta Preview

Hi,

Sorry Jim, I should not have put this question in here rather I would have gone for an appropriate forum.

I'll take care of this in future.

Vinod Pawar
Software Developer
India

Hello,

In regards to dates and currencies, CultureInfo has the capabilities to do "translate" the dates. This class does this, but I don't know if there is others. Sometimes, one of the overloaded methods allows for a param of CultureInfo, which that's all you have to pass in.

Brian