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// <Snippet2>
using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Threading;
public class Example
{
public static void Main()
{
DateTime date1 = new DateTime(2011, 6, 20);
DisplayCurrentInfo();
// Display the date using the current culture and calendar.
Console.WriteLine(date1.ToString("d"));
Console.WriteLine();
CultureInfo arSA = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("ar-SA");
// Change the current culture to Arabic (Saudi Arabia).
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = arSA;
// Display date and information about the current culture.
DisplayCurrentInfo();
Console.WriteLine(date1.ToString("d"));
Console.WriteLine();
// Change the calendar to Hijri.
Calendar hijri = new HijriCalendar();
if (CalendarExists(arSA, hijri)) {
arSA.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = hijri;
// Display date and information about the current culture.
DisplayCurrentInfo();
Console.WriteLine(date1.ToString("d"));
}
}
private static void DisplayCurrentInfo()
{
Console.WriteLine("Current Culture: {0}",
CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name);
Console.WriteLine("Current Calendar: {0}",
DateTimeFormatInfo.CurrentInfo.Calendar);
}
private static bool CalendarExists(CultureInfo culture, Calendar cal)
{
foreach (Calendar optionalCalendar in culture.OptionalCalendars)
if (cal.ToString().Equals(optionalCalendar.ToString()))
return true;
return false;
}
}
// The example displays the following output:
// Current Culture: en-US
// Current Calendar: System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar
// 6/20/2011
//
// Current Culture: ar-SA
// Current Calendar: System.Globalization.UmAlQuraCalendar
// 18/07/32
//
// Current Culture: ar-SA
// Current Calendar: System.Globalization.HijriCalendar
// 19/07/32
// </Snippet2>