CultureInfo.InvariantCulture Property
Updated: March 2012
Gets the CultureInfo that is culture-independent (invariant).
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Property Value
Type: System.Globalization.CultureInfoThe CultureInfo that is culture-independent (invariant).
The invariant culture is culture-insensitive; it is associated with the English language but not with any country/region. You specify the invariant culture by name by using an empty string ("") in the call to a CultureInfo instantiation method. InvariantCulture also retrieves an instance of the invariant culture. It is used in almost any method in the Globalization namespace that requires a culture.
Unlike culture-sensitive data, which is subject to change by user customization or by updates to the .NET Framework or the operating system, invariant culture data is stable over time and cannot be customized by users. This makes the invariant culture particularly useful in formatting and parsing operations that persist formatted data, or in sorting and ordering operations that require that data be displayed in a fixed order.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
