demonstrates culture formatting

      
/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy

Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/

/*
  Example21_10.cs demonstrates culture formatting
*/

using System;
using System.Globalization;

public class Example21_10 
{

  public static void Main() 
  {

    // create a date and a currency value
    DateTime dtNow = DateTime.Now;
    Double curOriginal = 12345.67;

    // and format the variables for a specific culture
    CultureInfo ci = new CultureInfo("en-US");
    string sLocalizedDate = dtNow.ToString("d", ci);
    string sLocalizedCur = curOriginal.ToString("c", ci);

    // print them out
    Console.WriteLine(sLocalizedDate);
    Console.WriteLine(sLocalizedCur);

    // and format them for a second culture
    CultureInfo ci2 = new CultureInfo("en-GB");
    string sLocalizedDate2 = dtNow.ToString("d", ci2);
    string sLocalizedCur2 = curOriginal.ToString("c", ci2);

    // print them out again
    Console.WriteLine(sLocalizedDate2);
    Console.WriteLine(sLocalizedCur2);

  }

}

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