On Apr 21, 2:59 am, marcussilf...@gmail.com wrote:
> I want to change thecultureon aDateTimePicker
>
> The code below works somewhat. I get the date in english format when
> dateTimePicker1 is not expanded. When I click dateTimePicker1 in my
> application GUI though (and thereby expands dateTimePicker1, showing
> the dates of the month) at the bottommost I see todays date written in
> swedish format. Of course I want this to be in english format as well,
> but how do I do it?
>
> thanks.
>
> Here is the code:
>
> // set up someculturevariables
> private ResourceManager m_ResourceManager = new
> ResourceManager("myApp.dictionary",
> System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
> private CultureInfo m_EnglishCulture = new CultureInfo("en-US",true);
> private CultureInfo m_SwedishCulture = new CultureInfo("sv-SE", true);
>
> // set whichcultureto use
> Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = m_EnglishCulture;
>
> // In my update GUI method: ifcultureis english => change format of
> date
> if (CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.Name == "en-US")
> {
> this.dateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom;
> this.dateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = "MM'/'dd'/'yyyy'";
>
> }