CultureInfo.CurrentCulture Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Globalization

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

CultureInfo.cs

Gets or sets the CultureInfo object that represents the culture used by the current thread and task-based asynchronous operations.

public:
 static property System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ CurrentCulture { System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ get(); void set(System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^ value); };

public static System.Globalization.CultureInfo CurrentCulture { get; set; }

static member CurrentCulture : System.Globalization.CultureInfo with get, set

Public Shared Property CurrentCulture As CultureInfo

Property Value

CultureInfo

The culture used by the current thread and task-based asynchronous operations.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The property is set to null.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to change the CurrentCulture and CurrentUICulture of the current thread.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Globalization;
using namespace System::Threading;

int main()
{
   // Display the name of the current thread culture.
   Console::WriteLine("CurrentCulture is {0}.", CultureInfo::CurrentCulture->Name);
   
   // Change the current culture to th-TH.
   CultureInfo::CurrentCulture = gcnew CultureInfo("th-TH",false);
   Console::WriteLine("CurrentCulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo::CurrentCulture->Name);
   
   // Displays the name of the CurrentUICulture of the current thread.
   Console::WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is {0}.", CultureInfo::CurrentCulture->Name);
   
   // Changes the CurrentUICulture of the current thread to ja-JP.
   CultureInfo::CurrentUICulture = gcnew CultureInfo("ja-JP",false);
   Console::WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo::CurrentCulture->Name);
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       CurrentCulture is en-US.
//       CurrentCulture is now th-TH.
//       CurrentUICulture is en-US.
//       CurrentUICulture is now ja-JP.

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;

public class Example0
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      // Display the name of the current culture.
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentCulture is {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name);

      // Change the current culture to th-TH.
      CultureInfo.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo("th-TH", false);
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentCulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name);

      // Display the name of the current UI culture.
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.Name);

      // Change the current UI culture to ja-JP.
      CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = new CultureInfo( "ja-JP", false );
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.Name);
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       CurrentCulture is en-US.
//       CurrentCulture is now th-TH.
//       CurrentUICulture is en-US.
//       CurrentUICulture is now ja-JP.

Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Threading

Public Module Example
   Public Sub Main()

      ' Display the name of the current culture.
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentCulture is {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name)

      ' Change the current culture to th-TH.
      CultureInfo.CurrentCulture = New CultureInfo("th-TH", False)
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentCulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name)

      ' Display the name of the current UI culture.
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.Name)

      ' Change the current UI culture to ja-JP.
      CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo("ja-JP", False)
      Console.WriteLine("CurrentUICulture is now {0}.", CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture.Name)
   End Sub 
End Module
' The example displays the following output:
'       CurrentCulture is en-US.
'       CurrentCulture is now th-TH.
'       CurrentUICulture is en-US.
'       CurrentUICulture is now ja-JP.

Remarks

For more information about this API, see Supplemental API remarks for CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.

See also

• DefaultThreadCurrentCulture
• CurrentCulture
• CurrentUICulture
• InstalledUICulture
• InvariantCulture
• Parent
• SecurityPermission
• SecurityPermissionAttribute