.NET: DateTime settings are different on one machine

Question

I have two applications (web site and desktop application) launched on the one machine, both uses the following to serialize DateTime object value:

string strDateTileFullFormat = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture
    .GetConsoleFallbackUICulture().DateTimeFormat.FullDateTimePattern;

string SummarySupporyUntil = string.Concat("until ",
     TestLicenseExpiryDate.ToString(strDateTileFullFormat));

One application create: "Saturday, December 31, 2011 12:00:00 AM", another: "December 31, 2011 12:00:00 AM"

Difference is that one uses "Canada" country setting, another - "USA".

The problem is that I need these date to be similar (actually, I don't know which kind is correct, perhaps the 1st one).

I looked web/app.config files but don't see anything related to locale settings. Also, I don't have manual changes for CurrentCulture...

Please advise. Thanks!

Does the serialization format itself have any standard format for datetime (as is the case with XML for instance)? If so, it could be a good idea to settle for that format. If not, consider using some other standard instead of a local format, such as [ISO-8601](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601). — Fredrik Mörk, Dec 15 '10 at 21:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '10 at 21:37

Once you have decided which culture suits you best, you can use System.DateTime's powerful formatting features as stated in the doc: DateTime.ToString Method with a fixed culture:

For example with en-US culture (1033):

string SummarySupporyUntil = string.Concat("until ",
     TestLicenseExpiryDate.ToString(strDateTileFullFormat, new Culture(1033)));

will give the same result on every machine it will be ran.

.NET: DateTime settings are different on one machine

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