powershell : changing the culture of current session

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Have a look here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2006/04/25/583235.aspx

and here: http://poshcode.org/2226:

function Set-Culture([System.Globalization.CultureInfo] $culture)
{
    [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = $culture
    [System.Threading.Thread]::CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = $culture
}

Additional Info

To find which values can be used for $culture:

  • This will give you a list of Culture Types:

    [Enum]::GetValues([System.Globalization.CultureTypes])

  • Selecting one of the above types (e.g. AllCultures) you can then list the available values of that type:

    [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultures( [System.Globalization.CultureTypes]::AllCultures )

  • You can then use the Name or Number of the culture you’re interested in with the GetCultureInfo method to retrieve the value you’re after:

    $culture = [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultureInfo(1033)
$culture = [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::GetCultureInfo('en-US')

NB: Thanks to implicit conversion, you could just pass the culture name or number (i.e. as a string or integer) to the Set-Culture method which would automatically be converted to the expected CultureInfo value.

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