Get-Culture
Gets the current culture set in the operating system.
Syntax
Get-Culture
[-NoUserOverrides]
[<CommonParameters>]Get-Culture
[-Name <String[]>]
[-NoUserOverrides]
[<CommonParameters>]Get-Culture
[-ListAvailable]
[<CommonParameters>]Description
The Get-Culture cmdlet gets information about the current culture settings. This includes
information about the current language settings on the system, such as the keyboard layout, and the
display format of items such as numbers, currency, and dates.
You can also use the Get-UICulture cmdlet, which gets the current user interface culture on the
system, and the Set-Culture cmdlet in the
International module. The user-interface (UI) culture determines which text strings are used for
user interface elements, such as menus and messages.
Examples
Example 1: Get culture settings
Get-Culture
LCID Name DisplayName
---- ---- -----------
1033 en-US English (United States)This command displays information about the regional settings on the computer.
Example 2: Format the properties of a culture object
PS C:\> $C = Get-Culture
PS C:\> $C | Format-List -Property *
Parent : en
LCID : 1033
KeyboardLayoutId : 1033
Name : en-US
IetfLanguageTag : en-US
DisplayName : English (United States)
NativeName : English (United States)
EnglishName : English (United States)
TwoLetterISOLanguageName : en
ThreeLetterISOLanguageName : eng
ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName : ENU
CompareInfo : CompareInfo - 1033
TextInfo : TextInfo - 1033
IsNeutralCulture : False
CultureTypes : SpecificCultures, InstalledWin32Cultures, FrameworkCultures
NumberFormat : System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo
DateTimeFormat : System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo
Calendar : System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar
OptionalCalendars : {System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar, System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar}
UseUserOverride : True
IsReadOnly : False
PS C:\> $C.Calendar
MinSupportedDateTime : 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM
MaxSupportedDateTime : 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM
AlgorithmType : SolarCalendar
CalendarType : Localized
Eras : {1}
TwoDigitYearMax : 2029
IsReadOnly : False
PS C:\> $C.DateTimeFormat
AMDesignator : AM
Calendar : System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar
DateSeparator : /
FirstDayOfWeek : Sunday
CalendarWeekRule : FirstDay
FullDateTimePattern : dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm:ss tt
LongDatePattern : dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy
LongTimePattern : h:mm:ss tt
MonthDayPattern : MMMM dd
PMDesignator : PM
RFC1123Pattern : ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT'
ShortDatePattern : M/d/yyyy
ShortTimePattern : h:mm tt
SortableDateTimePattern : yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss
TimeSeparator : :
UniversalSortableDateTimePattern : yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'
YearMonthPattern : MMMM, yyyy
AbbreviatedDayNames : {Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed...}
ShortestDayNames : {Su, Mo, Tu, We...}
DayNames : {Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...}
AbbreviatedMonthNames : {Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr...}
MonthNames : {January, February, March, April...}
IsReadOnly : False
NativeCalendarName : Gregorian Calendar
AbbreviatedMonthGenitiveNames : {Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr...}
MonthGenitiveNames : {January, February, March, April...}
PS C:\> $C.DateTimeFormat.FirstDayOfWeek
SundayThis example demonstrates the vast amount of data in the culture object. It shows how to display the properties and sub-properties of the object.
The first command uses the Get-Culture cmdlet to get the current culture settings on the computer.
It stores the resulting culture object in the $C variable.
The second command displays all of the properties of the culture object. It uses a pipeline operator
(|) to send the culture object in $C to the Format-List cmdlet. It uses the Property
parameter to display all (*) properties of the object. This command can be abbreviated as
$c | fl *.
The remaining commands explore the properties of the culture object by using dot notation to display the values of the object properties. You can use this notation to display the value of any property of the object.
The third command uses dot notation to display the value of the Calendar property of the culture object.
The fourth command uses dot notation to display the value of the DataTimeFormat property of the culture object.
Many object properties have properties. The fifth command uses dot notation to display the value of the FirstDayOfWeek property of the DateTimeFormat property.
Example 3: Get a specific culture
Get the CultureInfo object for French in France.
Get-Culture -Name fr-FR
LCID Name DisplayName
---- ---- -----------
1036 fr-FR French (France)Parameters
-ListAvailable
Retrieves all cultures supported by the current operating system.
This parameter was introduced in PowerShell 6.2.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Name
Retrieve a specific culture based on the name.
This parameter was introduced in PowerShell 6.2.
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-NoUserOverrides
Ignore user changes for current culture.
This parameter was introduced in PowerShell 6.2.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
None
You can't pipe objects to this cmdlet.
Outputs
This cmdlet returns a CultureInfo object representing the current culture.
Notes
You can also use the $PsCulture and $PsUICulture variables. The $PsCulture variable stores the
name of the current culture and the $PsUICulture variable stores the name of the current UI
culture.
