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Culture is the combination of language and peculiarities of geographical location (like en-UK, en-US, de-AT, de-DE, fr-BE)

Culture is the combination of language and peculiarities of geographical location (like en-GB, en-US, de-AT, de-DE, fr-BE)

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Is possible to obtain the CSV separator from Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture? (.NET)

In languages where the decimal separator is a ,(comma) the CSV (comma separated values file format) separator is a ; (semicolon). I know where to find this configuration in the Windows Control Panel, but I don't know how to find it progamatically in…
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.NET How to compare two Strings that represent filenames ignoring case correctly

Given that (at least on NTFS) the filesystem on Windows is case insensitive, I would like to compare String fileA to String fileB as such: fileA.Equals(fileB, StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase) The question then becomes which culture I…
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Why is the culture name for English (Caribbean) "en-029"?

Why is the culture name for English (Caribbean) "en-029"? I know "en-CA" is used for English (Canada), but why 029? What does it signify? Why was it chosen?
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Parse DateTime in c# from strange format

if i have a datetime string in a weird format, such as YYYY##MM##DD HH**M**SS, how can i create a new datetime object base on that? i have read something about the datetimeformatinfoclass but not sure how to get it working..
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Formatting number in European format with two decimals

Trying to format a number to two decimals format in European culture. So that comma is decimal separator and space thousands separator. In example 213245 should be formatted as 213 245,00 How can I do that? 213245.toFixed(2).toLocaleString();…
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C# float.tryparse for French Culture

I have a user input which can contain float values ranging from : 3.06 OR 3,06 The culture we are in is French and thus when the user inputs 3.06 and I run a float.tryParse over this value it does not get converted to 3.06 into a new variable (type…
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If you have an application localized in pt-br and pt-pt, what language you should choose if the system is reporting only "pt" code?

If you have an application localized in pt-br and pt-pt, what language you should choose if the system is reporting only pt code (generic Portuguese)? This question is independent of the nature of the application, desktop, mobile or browser based.…
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How to change culture to a DateTimepicker or calendar control in .Net

How to set internationalization to a DateTimepicker or Calendar WinForm control in .Net when the desire culture is different to the one installed in the PC?
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Need to have date mask depending on the culture in jquery

MVC pages with culture depending on the user. In Search option (search can be done by DueDate), I need to have a mask on that DueDate text box. Mask must be dependant on the user's culture. In both js and cshtml have an error saying: mask.split is…
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Debug.WriteLine() versus Console.WriteLine() handles culture differently. Why?

Consider the following Console App code: Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("en-GB"); Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture; DateTime date = new DateTime(2014, 01,…
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Is Culture in C# equivalent to Locale in Java?

C# uses the concept of Culture. Is this operationally similar to Locale in Java or are there significant differences in the underlying concepts?
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TextBox doesn't honor System Decimal (Dot or Comma)

If I bind Text in a TextBox to a float Property then the displayed text doesn't honor the system decimal (dot or comma). Instead it always displays a dot ('.'). But if I display the value in a MessageBox (using ToString()) then the correct System…
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C# double.TryParse with InvariantCulture returns unexpected result

I'm trying to unit test a getprice method using NUnit. I am stuck with parsing the rawprice into double. My cultureinfo is en-US but I set it to de-DE for this test. Double parsing with numberstyles.any and invariantculture returns unexpected…
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Code Analysis/FxCop CA1726:UsePreferredTerms showing Cancelled as Deprecated

I'm in the UK where we spell Cancelled with two L's. I want to use the Code Analysis rule "CA1726:UsePreferredTerms" but I don't want it to flag up "Cancelled" as a violation. I have tried adding en-GB to…
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What is the best way to compare two CultureInfo instances?

Background: I have a problem with a component, which changes the current thread culture to "en-US" every time after a call to a specific method of it. Further in my process that leads to problems, e.g. the data access layer is no more working…
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