This program executes the system date time format. Is it in dd/mmm/yyyy or other format and the which cultuerInfo is the system running on.
  1. using System;
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;
  3. using System.ComponentModel;
  4. using System.Data;
  5. using System.Drawing;
  6. using System.Text;
  7. using System.Globalization;
  8. using System.Windows.Forms;
  10. namespace SystemDateTimeCheck
  11. {
  12. public partial class Form1 : Form
  13. {
  14. public Form1()
  15. {
  16. InitializeComponent();
  17. }
  18. private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
  19. {
  20. // Get the Current System culture.
  21. CultureInfo ci = CultureInfo.CurrentCulture;
  22. DateTimeFormatInfo dtfi = ci.DateTimeFormat;
  23. string[] SystemDateTimePatterns = new string[250];
  24. int i = 0;
  25. foreach (string name in dtfi.GetAllDateTimePatterns('d'))
  26. {
  27. SystemDateTimePatterns[i] = name;
  28. i++;
  29. }
  30. string[] myDateTimeFormat = { "dd-MMM-yy", "dd-MMM-yyyy" };
  31. if (myDateTimeFormat[0].Equals(SystemDateTimePatterns[0]) || myDateTimeFormat[1].Equals(SystemDateTimePatterns[0]))
  32. MessageBox.Show("Your System DateTime Format " + SystemDateTimePatterns[0] + " is OK");
  33. else
  34. MessageBox.Show("Your System DateTime Format is: " + SystemDateTimePatterns[0] + "\n" + "Required DateTime Format: dd-MMM-yy Or dd-MMM-yyyy");
  35. }
  36. }
  37. }