date problem? help please ...

[Lost User]

hi all, how can i process date info and insert into database (into a date/time field) without any difficulty ? i mean there are some differences between date format in different countries. (for example: english > MM/dd/yyyy or turkish > dd/MM/yyy) how can i first check the language info used by the computer then process date according to that with c# ? help please ...

[Empires]

You could use a CultureInfo instance for formatting as shown below: DateTime dt = DateTime.Parse("08/01/2006"); // Use the machines current culture. Console.WriteLine("Current Culture: {0}.", dt.ToString(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture)); // If you want to use another culture without switching your current culture you could try. Console.WriteLine("English (US) Formatted Date: {0}.", dt.ToString(new CultureInfo("en-US"))); Console.WriteLine("English (GB) Formatted Date: {0}.", dt.ToString(new CultureInfo("en-GB"))); // Output English (US) Formatted Date: 8/1/2006 12:00:00 AM. English (GB) Formatted Date: 01/08/2006 00:00:00.

[Lost User]

hi again, cool and thanks for your reply. but i just need English (US) Formatted Date: 8/1/2006 this part. the rest should be omitted. Console.WriteLine("English (US) Formatted Date: {0}.", dt.ToShortDateString(new CultureInfo("en-US"))); doesnt work :( what else can i do ?

[Stefan Troschuetz]

This should do the trick:

Console.WriteLine("English (US) Formatted Date: {0}.", dt.ToString("d", new CultureInfo("en-US")));

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