Localization Like the Pros—Namespace System.Globalization

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Namespace System.Globalization

The System.Globalization namespace holds all culture and region classes to support different date formats, different number formats, and even different calendars that are represented in classes such as GregorianCalendar, HebrewCalendar, JapaneseCalendar, and so on. Using these classes you can display different representations depending on the user’s locale.

Using the namespace System.Globalization we will look at these issues and considerations:

• Unicode issues
• Cultures and regions
• An example showing all cultures and their characteristics
• Sorting