Class CultureInfo
- Namespace
- System.Globalization
- Assembly
- mscorlib.dll
Provides information about a specific culture (called a locale for unmanaged code development). The information includes the names for the culture, the writing system, the calendar used, the sort order of strings, and formatting for dates and numbers.
public class CultureInfo- Inheritance
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CultureInfo
- Inherited Members
- Extension Methods
Constructors
CultureInfo(string)
Initializes a new instance of the CultureInfo class based on the culture specified by name.
public CultureInfo(string name)Parameters
namestringA predefined CultureInfo name, Name of an existing CultureInfo, or Windows-only culture name. Name is not case-sensitive.
Properties
CurrentUICulture
Gets the CultureInfo object that represents the current user interface culture used by the Resource Manager to look up culture-specific resources at run time.
public static CultureInfo CurrentUICulture { get; }Property Value
- CultureInfo
The culture used by the Resource Manager to look up culture-specific resources at run time.
DateTimeFormat
Gets a DateTimeFormatInfo that defines the culturally appropriate format of displaying dates and times.
public virtual DateTimeFormatInfo DateTimeFormat { get; }Property Value
- DateTimeFormatInfo
A DateTimeFormatInfo that defines the culturally appropriate format of displaying dates and times.
Name
Gets the culture name in the format languagecode2-country/regioncode2.
public virtual string Name { get; }Property Value
- string
The culture name in the format languagecode2-country/regioncode2. languagecode2 is a lowercase two-letter code derived from ISO 639-1. country/regioncode2 is derived from ISO 3166 and usually consists of two uppercase letters, or a BCP-47 language tag.
NumberFormat
Gets a NumberFormatInfo that defines the culturally appropriate format of displaying numbers, currency, and percentage.
public virtual NumberFormatInfo NumberFormat { get; }Property Value
- NumberFormatInfo
A NumberFormatInfo that defines the culturally appropriate format of displaying numbers, currency, and percentage.
Parent
Gets the CultureInfo that represents the parent culture of the current CultureInfo.
public virtual CultureInfo Parent { get; }Property Value
- CultureInfo
The CultureInfo that represents the parent culture of the current CultureInfo.
Methods
ToString()
Returns a string containing the name of the current CultureInfo in the format languagecode2-country/regioncode2.
public override string ToString()Returns
- string
A string containing the name of the current CultureInfo.