Tornado

If you are developing in a culture different then the default one then you should set the culture accordingly. If dbCulture is omitted, Tornado will use the local server's culture. All culture related input and output will be adjusted according to the culture. For example, if "en-GB" is specified, then Currency will be the "pound" sign instead of the "$" sign. During data input, for UK culture, the input date format is expected to be dd/mm/yyy or any format valid to the UK culture (dd-mmm-yy, mmm-dd-yy ...etc.). It is recommended that the Pre-defined formats should be used to format the output. SQLCulture is the culture of the Database, it is sued to convert dates to the DB format for editing. User Culture is the culture of the presentation and editing input. If only one is entered, then both will be the same value. If this property is missing, then the system culture will be used throughout. The time you use different Cultures is the DB is in one country and the user is in another which is not that uncommon.

 Obj.dbCulture="SQLCultureName, UserCultureName" (See table below)

The same effect can be obtained by declaring globally in the web.config file under the root directory as -
                 <globalization requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8" culture="en-GB" />

CultureInfo

Culture Name	Culture IDentifier	Language-Country/Region
"" (empty string)	0x007F	invariant culture
af	0x0036	Afrikaans
af-ZA	0x0436	Afrikaans - South Africa
sq	0x001C	Albanian
sq-AL	0x041C	Albanian - Albania
ar	0x0001	Arabic
ar-DZ	0x1401	Arabic - Algeria
ar-BH	0x3C01	Arabic - Bahrain
ar-EG	0x0C01	Arabic - Egypt
ar-IQ	0x0801	Arabic - Iraq
ar-JO	0x2C01	Arabic - Jordan
ar-KW	0x3401	Arabic - Kuwait
ar-LB	0x3001	Arabic - Lebanon
ar-LY	0x1001	Arabic - Libya
ar-MA	0x1801	Arabic - Morocco
ar-OM	0x2001	Arabic - Oman
ar-QA	0x4001	Arabic - Qatar
ar-SA	0x0401	Arabic - Saudi Arabia
ar-SY	0x2801	Arabic - Syria
ar-TN	0x1C01	Arabic - Tunisia
ar-AE	0x3801	Arabic - United Arab Emirates
ar-YE	0x2401	Arabic - Yemen
hy	0x002B	Armenian
hy-AM	0x042B	Armenian - Armenia
az	0x002C	Azeri
Cy-az-AZ	0x082C	Azeri (Cyrillic) - Azerbaijan
Lt-az-AZ	0x042C	Azeri (Latin) - Azerbaijan
eu	0x002D	Basque
eu-ES	0x042D	Basque - Basque
be	0x0023	Belarusian
be-BY	0x0423	Belarusian - Belarus
bg	0x0002	Bulgarian
bg-BG	0x0402	Bulgarian - Bulgaria
ca	0x0003	Catalan
ca-ES	0x0403	Catalan - Catalan
zh-HK	0x0C04	Chinese - Hong Kong SAR
zh-MO	0x1404	Chinese - Macau SAR
zh-CN	0x0804	Chinese - China
zh-CHS	0x0004	Chinese (Simplified)
zh-SG	0x1004	Chinese - Singapore
zh-TW	0x0404	Chinese - Taiwan
zh-CHT	0x7C04	Chinese (Traditional)
hr	0x001A	Croatian
hr-HR	0x041A	Croatian - Croatia
cs	0x0005	Czech
cs-CZ	0x0405	Czech - Czech Republic
da	0x0006	Danish
da-DK	0x0406	Danish - Denmark
div	0x0065	Dhivehi
div-MV	0x0465	Dhivehi - Maldives
nl	0x0013	Dutch
nl-BE	0x0813	Dutch - Belgium
nl-NL	0x0413	Dutch - The Netherlands
en	0x0009	English
en-AU	0x0C09	English - Australia
en-BZ	0x2809	English - Belize
en-CA	0x1009	English - Canada
en-CB	0x2409	English - Caribbean
en-IE	0x1809	English - Ireland
en-JM	0x2009	English - Jamaica
en-NZ	0x1409	English - New Zealand
en-PH	0x3409	English - Philippines
en-ZA	0x1C09	English - South Africa
en-TT	0x2C09	English - Trinidad and Tobago
en-GB	0x0809	English - United Kingdom
en-US	0x0409	English - United States
en-ZW	0x3009	English - Zimbabwe
et	0x0025	Estonian
et-EE	0x0425	Estonian - Estonia
fo	0x0038	Faroese
fo-FO	0x0438	Faroese - Faroe Islands
fa	0x0029	Farsi
fa-IR	0x0429	Farsi - Iran
fi	0x000B	Finnish
fi-FI	0x040B	Finnish - Finland
fr	0x000C	French
fr-BE	0x080C	French - Belgium
fr-CA	0x0C0C	French - Canada
fr-FR	0x040C	French - France
fr-LU	0x140C	French - Luxembourg
fr-MC	0x180C	French - Monaco
fr-CH	0x100C	French - Switzerland
gl	0x0056	Galician
gl-ES	0x0456	Galician - Galician
ka	0x0037	Georgian
ka-GE	0x0437	Georgian - Georgia
de	0x0007	German
de-AT	0x0C07	German - Austria
de-DE	0x0407	German - Germany
de-LI	0x1407	German - Liechtenstein
de-LU	0x1007	German - Luxembourg
de-CH	0x0807	German - Switzerland
el	0x0008	Greek
el-GR	0x0408	Greek - Greece
gu	0x0047	Gujarati
gu-IN	0x0447	Gujarati - India
he	0x000D	Hebrew
he-IL	0x040D	Hebrew - Israel
hi	0x0039	Hindi
hi-IN	0x0439	Hindi - India
hu	0x000E	Hungarian
hu-HU	0x040E	Hungarian - Hungary
is	0x000F	Icelandic
is-IS	0x040F	Icelandic - Iceland
id	0x0021	Indonesian
id-ID	0x0421	Indonesian - Indonesia
it	0x0010	Italian
it-IT	0x0410	Italian - Italy
it-CH	0x0810	Italian - Switzerland
ja	0x0011	Japanese
ja-JP	0x0411	Japanese - Japan
kn	0x004B	Kannada
kn-IN	0x044B	Kannada - India
kk	0x003F	Kazakh
kk-KZ	0x043F	Kazakh - Kazakhstan
kok	0x0057	Konkani
kok-IN	0x0457	Konkani - India
ko	0x0012	Korean
ko-KR	0x0412	Korean - Korea
ky	0x0040	Kyrgyz
ky-KZ	0x0440	Kyrgyz - Kazakhstan
lv	0x0026	Latvian
lv-LV	0x0426	Latvian - Latvia
lt	0x0027	Lithuanian
lt-LT	0x0427	Lithuanian - Lithuania
mk	0x002F	Macedonian
mk-MK	0x042F	Macedonian - FYROM
ms	0x003E	Malay
ms-BN	0x083E	Malay - Brunei
ms-MY	0x043E	Malay - Malaysia
mr	0x004E	Marathi
mr-IN	0x044E	Marathi - India
mn	0x0050	Mongolian
mn-MN	0x0450	Mongolian - Mongolia
no	0x0014	Norwegian
nb-NO	0x0414	Norwegian (Bokm�l) - Norway
nn-NO	0x0814	Norwegian (Nynorsk) - Norway
pl	0x0015	Polish
pl-PL	0x0415	Polish - Poland
pt	0x0016	Portuguese
pt-BR	0x0416	Portuguese - Brazil
pt-PT	0x0816	Portuguese - Portugal
pa	0x0046	Punjabi
pa-IN	0x0446	Punjabi - India
ro	0x0018	Romanian
ro-RO	0x0418	Romanian - Romania
ru	0x0019	Russian
ru-RU	0x0419	Russian - Russia
sa	0x004F	Sanskrit
sa-IN	0x044F	Sanskrit - India
Cy-sr-SP	0x0C1A	Serbian (Cyrillic) - Serbia
Lt-sr-SP	0x081A	Serbian (Latin) - Serbia
sk	0x001B	Slovak
sk-SK	0x041B	Slovak - Slovakia
sl	0x0024	Slovenian
sl-SI	0x0424	Slovenian - Slovenia
es	0x000A	Spanish
es-AR	0x2C0A	Spanish - Argentina
es-BO	0x400A	Spanish - Bolivia
es-CL	0x340A	Spanish - Chile
es-CO	0x240A	Spanish - Colombia
es-CR	0x140A	Spanish - Costa Rica
es-DO	0x1C0A	Spanish - Dominican Republic
es-EC	0x300A	Spanish - Ecuador
es-SV	0x440A	Spanish - El Salvador
es-GT	0x100A	Spanish - Guatemala
es-HN	0x480A	Spanish - Honduras
es-MX	0x080A	Spanish - Mexico
es-NI	0x4C0A	Spanish - Nicaragua
es-PA	0x180A	Spanish - Panama
es-PY	0x3C0A	Spanish - Paraguay
es-PE	0x280A	Spanish - Peru
es-PR	0x500A	Spanish - Puerto Rico
es-ES	0x0C0A	Spanish - Spain
es-UY	0x380A	Spanish - Uruguay
es-VE	0x200A	Spanish - Venezuela
sw	0x0041	Swahili
sw-KE	0x0441	Swahili - Kenya
sv	0x001D	Swedish
sv-FI	0x081D	Swedish - Finland
sv-SE	0x041D	Swedish - Sweden
syr	0x005A	Syriac
syr-SY	0x045A	Syriac - Syria
ta	0x0049	Tamil
ta-IN	0x0449	Tamil - India
tt	0x0044	Tatar
tt-RU	0x0444	Tatar - Russia
te	0x004A	Telugu
te-IN	0x044A	Telugu - India
th	0x001E	Thai
th-TH	0x041E	Thai - Thailand
tr	0x001F	Turkish
tr-TR	0x041F	Turkish - Turkey
uk	0x0022	Ukrainian
uk-UA	0x0422	Ukrainian - Ukraine
ur	0x0020	Urdu
ur-PK	0x0420	Urdu - Pakistan
uz	0x0043	Uzbek
Cy-uz-UZ	0x0843	Uzbek (Cyrillic) - Uzbekistan
Lt-uz-UZ	0x0443	Uzbek (Latin) - Uzbekistan
vi	0x002A	Vietnamese
vi-VN	0x042A	Vietnamese - Vietnam

RegionalInfo

ISO 3166 2-letter code	ISO 3166 3-letter code	Country/Region
AE	ARE	United Arab Emirates
AL	ALB	Albania
AM	ARM	Armenia
AR	ARG	Argentina
AT	AUT	Austria
AU	AUS	Australia
AZ	AZE	Azerbaijan
BE	BEL	Belgium
BG	BGR	Bulgaria
BH	BHR	Bahrain
BN	BRN	Brunei
BO	BOL	Bolivia
BR	BRA	Brazil
BY	BLR	Belarus
BZ	BLZ	Belize
CA	CAN	Canada
CB	CAR	Caribbean
CH	CHE	Switzerland
CL	CHL	Chile
CN	CHN	China
CO	COL	Colombia
CR	CRI	Costa Rica
CZ	CZE	Czech Republic
DE	DEU	Germany
DK	DNK	Denmark
DO	DOM	Dominican Republic
DZ	DZA	Algeria
EC	ECU	Ecuador
EE	EST	Estonia
EG	EGY	Egypt
ES	ESP	Spain
FI	FIN	Finland
FO	FRO	Faroe Islands
FR	FRA	France
GB	GBR	United Kingdom
GE	GEO	Georgia
GR	GRC	Greece
GT	GTM	Guatemala
HK	HKG	Hong Kong SAR
HN	HND	Honduras
HR	HRV	Croatia
HU	HUN	Hungary
ID	IDN	Indonesia
IE	IRL	Ireland
IL	ISR	Israel
IN	IND	India
IQ	IRQ	Iraq
IR	IRN	Iran
IS	ISL	Iceland
IT	ITA	Italy
JM	JAM	Jamaica
JO	JOR	Jordan
JP	JPN	Japan
KE	KEN	Kenya
KG	KGZ	Kyrgyzstan
KR	KOR	Korea
KW	KWT	Kuwait
KZ	KAZ	Kazakhstan
LB	LBN	Lebanon
LI	LIE	Liechtenstein
LT	LTU	Lithuania
LU	LUX	Luxembourg
LV	LVA	Latvia
LY	LBY	Libya
MA	MAR	Morocco
MC	MCO	Monaco
MK	MKD	FYROM
MN	MNG	Mongolia
MO	MAC	Macau SAR
MV	MDV	Maldives
MX	MEX	Mexico
MY	MYS	Malaysia
NI	NIC	Nicaragua
NL	NLD	The Netherlands
NO	NOR	Norway
NZ	NZL	New Zealand
OM	OMN	Oman
PA	PAN	Panama
PE	PER	Peru
PH	PHL	Philippines
PK	PAK	Pakistan
PL	POL	Poland
PR	PRI	Puerto Rico
PT	PRT	Portugal
PY	PRY	Paraguay
QA	QAT	Qatar
RO	ROM	Romania
RU	RUS	Russia
SA	SAU	Saudi Arabia
SE	SWE	Sweden
SG	SGP	Singapore
SI	SVN	Slovenia
SK	SVK	Slovakia
SP	SPB	Serbia
SV	SLV	El Salvador
SY	SYR	Syria
TA	TAT	Russia
TH	THA	Thailand
TN	TUN	Tunisia
TR	TUR	Turkey
TT	TTO	Trinidad and Tobago
TW	TWN	Taiwan
UA	UKR	Ukraine
US	USA	United States
UY	URY	Uruguay
UZ	UZB	Uzbekistan
VE	VEN	Venezuela
VN	VNM	Vietnam
YE	YEM	Yemen
ZA	ZAF	South Africa
ZW	ZWE	Zimbabwe

Culture & Web Parameters

Use the following code to display your Culture and Web Parameters -

<%@ Import namespace="System.Threading" %>
<%@ Import namespace="System.Globalization" %>
<%@ Import namespace="System.Web" %>

<script language="VB" runat="server">
Sub Page_Load(Src As Object, E As EventArgs)
Dim res As HttpResponse = HttpContext.Current.Response
Dim req As HttpRequest = HttpContext.Current.Request
Dim ctx As HttpContext = HttpContext.Current
Dim bc As HttpBrowserCapabilities = req.Browser
Dim BrowserType As String = bc.Type
Dim BrowserName As String = bc.Browser
Dim BrowserVersion As String = bc.Version
Dim BrowserMajorVersion As String = bc.MajorVersion
Dim browserMinorVersion As String = bc.MinorVersion
Dim this_server As String = req.ServerVariables("SERVER_NAME")
Dim Cul As String = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Name
Dim c As New CultureInfo(Cul)
Dim s As String = ""
s &= "Culture Name = " & c.Name & "<BR>"
s &= ("Culture English Name = " & c.EnglishName & "<BR>")
s &= ("Culture Display Name = " & c.DisplayName & "<BR>")
s &= ("Culture 3-ISO Name = " & c.ThreeLetterISOLanguageName & "<BR>")
s &= ("Culture Date of Dec 31st 2003 = " & System.Convert.ToDateTime("Dec 31, 2003") & "<BR>")
s &= ("CurrencyDecimalDigits = " & c.NumberFormat.CurrencyDecimalDigits & "<BR>")
s &= ("NumberDecimalSeparator = " & c.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator & "<BR>")
s &= ("CurrencyGroupSeparator = " & c.NumberFormat.CurrencyGroupSeparator & "<BR>")
Dim negativepattern As String() = {"($n)", "-$n", "$-n", "$n-", "(n$)", "-n$", "n-$", "n$-", "-n $", "-$ n", "n $-", "$ n-", "$ -n", "n- $", "($ n)", "(n $)"}
s &= ("CurrencyNegativePattern = " & negativepattern(c.NumberFormat.CurrencyNegativePattern) & "<BR>")
Dim positivepattern As String() = {"$n", "$n", "$ n", "n $"}
s &= ("CurrencyPositivePattern = " & positivepattern(c.NumberFormat.CurrencyPositivePattern) & "<BR>")
s &= ("CurrencySymbol = " & c.NumberFormat.CurrencySymbol & "<BR>")
s &= ("NegativeInfinitySymbol = " & c.NumberFormat.NegativeInfinitySymbol & "<BR>")
s &= ("NegativeSign = " & c.NumberFormat.NegativeSign & "<BR>")
s &= ("NumberDecimalDigits = " & c.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalDigits & "<BR>")
s &= ("NumberDecimalSeparator = " & c.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator & "<BR>")
s &= ("NumberGroupSeparator = " & c.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSeparator & "<BR>")
Dim numbernegativepattern As String() = {"(n)", "-n", "- n", "n-", "n -"}
s &= ("NumberNegativePattern = " & numbernegativepattern(c.NumberFormat.NumberNegativePattern) & "<BR>")
s &= ("PercentDecimalDigits = " & c.NumberFormat.PercentDecimalDigits & "<BR>")
s &= ("PercentDecimalSeparator = " & c.NumberFormat.PercentDecimalSeparator & "<BR>")
s &= ("PercentGroupSeparator = " & c.NumberFormat.PercentGroupSeparator & "<BR>")
Dim percentnegativepattern As String() = {"-n %", "-n%", "-%n"}
s &= ("PercentNegativePattern = " & percentnegativepattern(c.NumberFormat.PercentNegativePattern) & "<BR>")
s &= ("PercentSymbol = " & c.NumberFormat.PercentSymbol & "<BR>")
s &= ("PerMilleSymbol = " & c.NumberFormat.PerMilleSymbol & "<BR>")
s &= ("PositiveInfinitySymbol = " & c.NumberFormat.PositiveInfinitySymbol & "<BR>")
s &= ("PositiveSign = " & c.NumberFormat.PositiveSign & "<BR>")
s &= ("Csv File Delimiter = (" & c.TextInfo.ListSeparator & ")<BR>")

Dim reg As String = RegionInfo.CurrentRegion.Name
Dim r As New RegionInfo(reg)
s &= "Region Name = " & r.Name & "<BR>"
s &= "IsMetric = " & r.IsMetric & "<BR>"

s &= "O/S : " & System.Environment.OSVersion.ToString() & "<BR>"
s &= "CLR Version : " & System.Environment.Version.ToString() & "<BR>"
s &= "Current Directory : " & System.Environment.CurrentDirectory.ToString() & "<BR>"
s &= "System Directory : " & System.Environment.SystemDirectory.ToString() & "<BR>"
s &= "Machine Name : " & System.Environment.MachineName.ToString() & "<BR>"
s &= "User Domain Name : " & System.Environment.UserDomainName.ToString() & "<BR>"
s &= "Your Domain : " & this_server & "<br>"
s &= "User Name : " & System.Environment.UserName.ToString() & "<BR>"
s &= "Your Current Browser : " & bc.Browser & " Version : " & bc.Version & "<br>"
Response.Write("<h3>Culture and Web Settings</h3>" & s)

End Sub
</script>

Special Topic - Culture & Web