CultureInfo.InvariantCulture Property (System.Globalization)

.NET Framework Class Library

CultureInfo..::.InvariantCulture Property

Gets the CultureInfo that is culture-independent (invariant).

Namespace: System.Globalization
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared ReadOnly Property InvariantCulture As CultureInfo

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim value As CultureInfo

value = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture

public static CultureInfo InvariantCulture { get; }

Visual C++

public:
static property CultureInfo^ InvariantCulture {
    CultureInfo^ get ();
}

JScript

public static function get InvariantCulture () : CultureInfo

Property Value

Type: System.Globalization..::.CultureInfo
The CultureInfo that is culture-independent (invariant).

Remarks

The invariant culture is culture-insensitive. Your application specifies the invariant culture by name using an empty string ("") or by its language identifier. InvariantCulture retrieves an instance of the invariant culture. It is associated with the English language but not with any country/region. It is used in almost any method in the Globalization namespace that requires a culture.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

CultureInfo Class

CultureInfo Members

System.Globalization Namespace