Get-Culture

Module:: Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility

Gets the current culture set in the operating system.

Syntax

Get-Culture []

Description

The Get-Culture cmdlet gets information about the current culture settings. This includes information about the current language settings on the system, such as the keyboard layout, and the display format of items such as numbers, currency, and dates.

You can also use the Get-UICulture cmdlet, which gets the current user interface culture on the system, and the Set-Culture cmdlet in the International module. The user-interface (UI) culture determines which text strings are used for user interface elements, such as menus and messages.

Examples

Example 1: Get culture settings

PS C:\> Get-Culture

This command displays information about the regional settings on the computer.

Example 2: Format the properties of a culture object

PS C:\> $C = Get-Culture

PS C:\> $C | Format-List -Property *

Parent                         : en

LCID                           : 1033

KeyboardLayoutId               : 1033

Name                           : en-US

IetfLanguageTag                : en-US

DisplayName                    : English (United States)

NativeName                     : English (United States)

EnglishName                    : English (United States)

TwoLetterISOLanguageName       : en

ThreeLetterISOLanguageName     : eng

ThreeLetterWindowsLanguageName : ENU

CompareInfo                    : CompareInfo - 1033

TextInfo                       : TextInfo - 1033

IsNeutralCulture               : False

CultureTypes                   : SpecificCultures, InstalledWin32Cultures, FrameworkCultures

NumberFormat                   : System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo

DateTimeFormat                 : System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo

Calendar                       : System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar

OptionalCalendars              : {System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar, System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar}

UseUserOverride                : True

IsReadOnly                     : False PS C:\> $C.Calendar

MinSupportedDateTime : 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM

MaxSupportedDateTime : 12/31/9999 11:59:59 PM

AlgorithmType        : SolarCalendar

CalendarType         : Localized

Eras                 : {1}

TwoDigitYearMax      : 2029

IsReadOnly           : False PS C:\> $C.DateTimeFormat

AMDesignator                     : AM

Calendar                         : System.Globalization.GregorianCalendar

DateSeparator                    : /

FirstDayOfWeek                   : Sunday

CalendarWeekRule                 : FirstDay

FullDateTimePattern              : dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm:ss tt

LongDatePattern                  : dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy

LongTimePattern                  : h:mm:ss tt

MonthDayPattern                  : MMMM dd

PMDesignator                     : PM

RFC1123Pattern                   : ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT'

ShortDatePattern                 : M/d/yyyy

ShortTimePattern                 : h:mm tt

SortableDateTimePattern          : yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss

TimeSeparator                    : :

UniversalSortableDateTimePattern : yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'

YearMonthPattern                 : MMMM, yyyy

AbbreviatedDayNames              : {Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed...}

ShortestDayNames                 : {Su, Mo, Tu, We...}

DayNames                         : {Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...}

AbbreviatedMonthNames            : {Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr...}

MonthNames                       : {January, February, March, April...}

IsReadOnly                       : False

NativeCalendarName               : Gregorian Calendar

AbbreviatedMonthGenitiveNames    : {Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr...}

MonthGenitiveNames               : {January, February, March, April...} PS C:\> $C.DateTimeFormat.FirstDayOfWeek

Sunday

This example demonstrates the vast amount of data in the culture object. It shows how to display the properties and sub-properties of the object.

The first command uses the Get-Culture cmdlet to get the current culture settings on the computer. It stores the resulting culture object in the $C variable.

The second command displays all of the properties of the culture object. It uses a pipeline operator (|) to send the culture object in $C to the Format-List cmdlet. It uses the Property parameter to display all (*) properties of the object. This command can be abbreviated as $c | fl * .

The remaining commands explore the properties of the culture object by using dot notation to display the values of the object properties. You can use this notation to display the value of any property of the object.

The third command uses dot notation to display the value of the Calendar property of the culture object.

The fourth command uses dot notation to display the value of the DataTimeFormat property of the culture object.

Many object properties have properties. The fifth command uses dot notation to display the value of the FirstDayOfWeek property of the DateTimeFormat property.

Inputs

None

You cannot pipe input to this cmdlet.

Outputs

System.Globalization.CultureInfo

Get-Culture returns an object that represents the current culture.

Notes

You can also use the $PsCulture and $PsUICulture variables. The $PsCulture variable stores the name of the current culture and the $PsUICulture variable stores the name of the current UI culture.