How to Get Short Date Format Pattern?

[Ellis Yu]

Dear All

I want to read the short date format pattern from the regional
setting. I write a code as follow:

'Diff. machine may has different country setting, so I use blank
here
Dim a as new CultureInfo("")
Dim shortDatePatter n as String

shortDatePatter n = a.DateTimeForma t.ShortDatePatt ern()

But I found that the pattern is different to my regional setting one. Anyone
know how to do? Thanks

Best Rdgs
Ellis

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Re: How to Get Short Date Format Pattern?

Hi,

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemglobalizationdatetimeformatinfoclassshortdatepatterntopic.asp

Ken
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"Ellis Yu" <ellis.yu@trans field.com> wrote in message
news:%23GqITUlZ FHA.580@TK2MSFT NGP15.phx.gbl.. .
Dear All

I want to read the short date format pattern from the regional
setting. I write a code as follow:

'Diff. machine may has different country setting, so I use blank
here
Dim a as new CultureInfo("")
Dim shortDatePatter n as String

shortDatePatter n = a.DateTimeForma t.ShortDatePatt ern()

But I found that the pattern is different to my regional setting one. Anyone
know how to do? Thanks

Best Rdgs
Ellis

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: How to Get Short Date Format Pattern?

Ellis,
[color=blue]
> 'Diff. machine may has different country setting, so I use blank
> here[/color]
[color=blue]
> But I found that the pattern is different to my regional setting one.
> Anyone
> know how to do? Thanks[/color]

You make me curious, how do you do that?

Even if I would use a device to find the location by satalite, than I did
not know the culture of the user.

Cor

[Ellis Yu]

Re: How to Get Short Date Format Pattern?

Thanks Ken, maybe I didn't explain clear enough of my problem. I want to get
the short time format pattern from regional setting. Since the pattern maybe
changed by the user, it's different to the default pattern. Just like the
sample you given to me, if the culture is "en-US", then the short format
will be "M/d/yyyy" even the user had used his customized format instead. If
in that case, how can I do?


"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb2ae@bellsout h.net> wrote in message
news:uyJoJkmZFH A.1040@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
>[/color]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/

frlrfsystemglob alizationdateti meformatinfocla ssshortdatepatt erntopic.asp[color=blue]
>
> Ken
> ---------------
> "Ellis Yu" <ellis.yu@trans field.com> wrote in message
> news:%23GqITUlZ FHA.580@TK2MSFT NGP15.phx.gbl.. .
> Dear All
>
> I want to read the short date format pattern from the regional
> setting. I write a code as follow:
>
> 'Diff. machine may has different country setting, so I use blank
> here
> Dim a as new CultureInfo("")
> Dim shortDatePatter n as String
>
> shortDatePatter n = a.DateTimeForma t.ShortDatePatt ern()
>
> But I found that the pattern is different to my regional setting one.[/color]
Anyone[color=blue]
> know how to do? Thanks
>
> Best Rdgs
> Ellis
>
>
>[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: How to Get Short Date Format Pattern?

"Ellis Yu" <ellis.yu@trans field.com> schrieb:[color=blue]
> Dim a as new CultureInfo("")
> Dim shortDatePatter n as String
>
> shortDatePatter n = a.DateTimeForma t.ShortDatePatt ern()
>
> But I found that the pattern is different to my regional setting one.
> Anyone
> know how to do? Thanks[/color]

Try this:

\\\
Imports System.Globaliz ation
..
..
..
MsgBox(CultureI nfo.CurrentCult ure.DateTimeFor mat.ShortDatePa ttern)
///

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
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[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Re: How to Get Short Date Format Pattern?

Hi,

Dim myDTFI As DateTimeFormatI nfo =
Globalization.C ultureInfo.Curr entCulture.Date TimeFormat



Ken

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"Ellis Yu" <ellis.yu@trans field.com> wrote in message
news:%23DVNPPnZ FHA.2788@TK2MSF TNGP12.phx.gbl. ..
Thanks Ken, maybe I didn't explain clear enough of my problem. I want to get
the short time format pattern from regional setting. Since the pattern maybe
changed by the user, it's different to the default pattern. Just like the
sample you given to me, if the culture is "en-US", then the short format
will be "M/d/yyyy" even the user had used his customized format instead. If
in that case, how can I do?


"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb2ae@bellsout h.net> wrote in message
news:uyJoJkmZFH A.1040@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
>[/color]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/

frlrfsystemglob alizationdateti meformatinfocla ssshortdatepatt erntopic.asp[color=blue]
>
> Ken
> ---------------
> "Ellis Yu" <ellis.yu@trans field.com> wrote in message
> news:%23GqITUlZ FHA.580@TK2MSFT NGP15.phx.gbl.. .
> Dear All
>
> I want to read the short date format pattern from the regional
> setting. I write a code as follow:
>
> 'Diff. machine may has different country setting, so I use blank
> here
> Dim a as new CultureInfo("")
> Dim shortDatePatter n as String
>
> shortDatePatter n = a.DateTimeForma t.ShortDatePatt ern()
>
> But I found that the pattern is different to my regional setting one.[/color]
Anyone[color=blue]
> know how to do? Thanks
>
> Best Rdgs
> Ellis
>
>
>[/color]