time separator

Question

User-336392218 posted

On my machine if I write:

Response.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString(New Globalization.CultureInfo("it-IT")))

the output is for example:

16/09/2010 11:16:39

this is good for the date part that according to "it-IT" culture should be dd/MM/yyyy (day, month, year)

but the time part, i think, is not right because the time separator for italian culture should be the "." not the ":"

 

environment:

web site application

.net 4.0

win 7 professional

 

many thanks for any help.

 

 

 

Answer 1

User-25924017 posted

Weird, never saw something like that until and unless you have customized format in your culture and regional settings in Control Panel, if so 

then use it like this, set UseUserOverride to false.

Response.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString(New Globlization.CultureInfo("it-IT",false)));

Answer 2

User-1802908944 posted

use it

Response.Write(DateTime.Parse(DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"), new CultureInfo("it-IT")).ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"));

Answer 3

User-336392218 posted

thank for your quick reply!

 

you'r right. my default setting in control panel use italian culture with time separator equal to ":".

This is a new machine and I never changed the default setting.

 

but your code doesn't help, the output is still with the ":" as time separator.

 

 

 

Answer 4

User-1200560727 posted

This post will helpful to you: http://forums.asp.net/t/1514920.aspx

Answer 5

User-336392218 posted

hi [e-mail],

your code doesn't seem to help.

 

 

Answer 6

User-336392218 posted

Hi Tapan Bhatt ,

following the link I tried the code:

 

Protected Overloads Overrides Sub InitializeCulture()
        Dim objCultureInfo As New CultureInfo("el-GR", False)
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = objCultureInfo
        Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = objCultureInfo
        objCultureInfo = Nothing
        MyBase.InitializeCulture()
End Sub 

 

but it doesn't help.

 

Answer 7

User-25924017 posted

thank for your quick reply!

you'r right. my default setting in control panel use italian culture with time separator equal to ":".

This is a new machine and I never changed the default setting.

but your code doesn't help, the output is still with the ":" as time separator.

Okay as suspected,

Look at example below,here if I twist the useUserOverride, I see different time separator. (its in C# so convert to VB.net)

 DateTimeFormatInfo dmt =  new CultureInfo("it-IT",false).DateTimeFormat;

        dmt.TimeSeparator="-";

        

        Response.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString(dmt));

 DateTimeFormatInfo dmt =  new CultureInfo("it-IT",false).DateTimeFormat;

        dmt.TimeSeparator="-";

              Response.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString(dmt));

Can;t see what are you doing different.

Answer 8

User-336392218 posted

 SSA,

your code works but explicitly setting the TimeSeparator in the code is something that I would like to avoid.

I prefer to change this kind of settings from the web.config file, where I also putted the Globalization Element:

 

<globalization uiCulture="it" culture="it-IT" />

 

Is there a way to set the TimeSeparator in the web.config file?

Answer 9

User-25924017 posted

 SSA,

your code works but explicitly setting the TimeSeparator in the code is something that I would like to avoid.

No I am not telling you to set it explicitly but an example to show how UseUserOverride affect things,

For your issue, I modified time format for Italian culture in my regional settings, to use ':' as time seperator

then in web.config same as yours: <globalization uiCulture="it" culture="it-IT" />  

in code I do like this, so it should avoid use custom setting, as I don't allow user overrides here

DateTimeFormatInfo dmt =  new CultureInfo("it-IT",false).DateTimeFormat;

        //dmt.TimeSeparator="#";

        

        Response.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString(dmt));

DateTimeFormatInfo dmt =  new CultureInfo("it-IT",false).DateTimeFormat;

Response.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString(dmt));

This gives me '.' as seperator and ':' when useuseroverride is set to true. you can not set it in web.config but try above 2 lines. Don't use custom time separator and see. 

Answer 10

User-336392218 posted

 SSA,

your code works but explicitly setting the TimeSeparator in the code is something that I would like to avoid.

No I am not telling you to set it explicitly but an example to show how UseUserOverride affect things,

For your issue, I modified time format for Italian culture in my regional settings, to use ':' as time seperator

then in web.config same as yours: <globalization uiCulture="it" culture="it-IT" />  

in code I do like this, so it should avoid use custom setting, as I don't allow user overrides here

DateTimeFormatInfo dmt =  new CultureInfo("it-IT",false).DateTimeFormat;

        //dmt.TimeSeparator="#";

        

        Response.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString(dmt));

DateTimeFormatInfo dmt =  new CultureInfo("it-IT",false).DateTimeFormat;

Response.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString(dmt));

This gives me '.' as seperator and ':' when useuseroverride is set to true. you can not set it in web.config but try above 2 lines. Don't use custom time separator and see. 

 

 

 

 

 

I tried your 2 lines of code:

Dim dmt As Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo = New Globalization.CultureInfo("it-IT", False).DateTimeFormat

            Response.Write(DateTime.Now.ToString(dmt))

but I always obtain the ":" separator, both using False or True for UseUserOverride parameter.

 

Answer 11

User-1179452826 posted

If you wish to force an output, you can do this:

DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy hh.mm.ss") //outputs time with . separator

DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy hh-mm-ss") //outputs time with - separator

DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy hh#mm#ss") //outputs time with # separator and date with - separator

and so on.

Answer 12

User-336392218 posted

If you wish to force an output, you can do this:

DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy hh.mm.ss") //outputs time with . separator

DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy hh-mm-ss") //outputs time with - separator

DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy hh#mm#ss") //outputs time with # separator and date with - separator

and so on.

 

 

definitely yes!

but in the msdn online under "Custom Date and Time Format String" you can read:

The ":" custom format specifier represents the time separator, which is used to differentiate hours, minutes, and seconds. The appropriate localized time separator is retrieved from the DateTimeFormatInfo.TimeSeparator property of the current or specified culture.

 

Answer 13

User-25924017 posted

I tried your 2 lines of code:

I can not reproduce, works fine here, I have no idea  why it ignores the setting in formatinfo at your end,something must be very specific to your machine. can you test your code on another machine?Just change time format setting for Italian in control panel and see how your code reacts with above 2 lines, otherwise force a time separator,wherever you use it.