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Set-Culture
Get-UICulture
When searching for help also use the Get-Command Cmdlet.
Get-Command "*culture*"
You can view your 'current culture' by using the built in Powershell variables.
$PSCulture
$PSUICulture
The following code block returns the short date pattern of three different cultures.
### Creates an array of cultureinfo objects:
$myCulturesArray = @(
( $myDECulture = New-Object System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE") ),
( $myGBCulture = New-Object System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-GB") ),
( $myUSCulture = New-Object System.Globalization.CultureInfo("en-US") )
);
### Outputs today's date using each CultureInfo object
$myCulturesArray | foreach {
(Get-date).ToString('d', $_ )
}
Further reading:
Tobias Weltner put together a very useful set of pdfs, volume 3 is on culture.
Also, at the prompt:
Get-Help Get-Culture -Full
help about_Script_Internationalization