Session LCID ???

[g_r_a_robinson]

I am simply trying to get the following to return the date in the English(Australian) format by using in my Page_load:

 

<code>

Session.LCID = 3081;

</code>

 

 

I then do :

 

<code>

DateTime TodaysDate = System.DateTime.Now;

</code>

 

expecting to receive my date as dd/MM/yyyy but I keep getting mm/dd/yyyy, IE the american format.

 

I checked my globalisation settings on my machine and they are English(Australia) but I presume this shouldn't matter since I used the Session.LCID = 3081;.

 

Anyone help me?

[Derek Stone]

Set the current culture using the [msdn]System.Threading.Thread[/msdn].CurrentThread.CurrentCulture and [msdn]System.Threading.Thread[/msdn].CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture properties. Setting Session.LCID (which maps to [msdn]System.Globalization.CultureInfo[/msdn].LCID) has little affect on formatting of dates and times.

[g_r_a_robinson]

thanks for that nut i'm just not sure how to implement it in my code. Could you give me an example of how I might use what you gave me set the settings for UK.

[Derek Stone]

System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = New CultureInfo(3081)