Namespace Codebelt.Extensions.Globalization

Codebelt.Extensions.Globalization

The Codebelt.Extensions.Globalization namespace helps you enrich CultureInfo instances with Windows NLS formatting behavior when you need culture-aware date and number patterns that behave more like the Windows runtime than the ICU defaults.

Use it when you want to adapt a culture for consumer-facing formatting in applications that rely on Windows-style patterns, especially for DateTimeFormat and NumberFormat values.

If you are trying to switch a culture to NLS-style formatting, start with CultureInfoExtensions.

Availability: .NET 10, .NET 9 and .NET Standard 2.0

Complements: System.Globalization namespace 🔗

Extension Members

Type	Ext	Methods
CultureInfo	⬇️	UseNationalLanguageSupport()
IEnumerable<CultureInfo>	⬇️	UseNationalLanguageSupport()

Example

using System;
using System.Globalization;
using Codebelt.Extensions.Globalization;

namespace Demo;

public static class Sample
{
    public static void Run()
    {
        var danishCultureIcu = new CultureInfo("da-dk", false);
        var danishCultureNls = new CultureInfo("da-dk", false).UseNationalLanguageSupport();


        Console.WriteLine(danishCultureIcu.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern); // danishCultureIcu outputs dd.MM.yyyy from danishCultureIcu.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern
        Console.WriteLine(danishCultureNls.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern); // danishCultureNls outputs dd-MM-yyyy from danishCultureNls.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern
    }
}

Classes

CultureInfoExtensions

Extension methods for the CultureInfo class.