Getting client side regional settings date format

opticstorm

i want to know is that is it possible to get a web clients date format i.e.
like (DD/MM/YY) or (YYYY/MM/DD) from asp.net. or any other client scripting
languages
like jscript,javascr ipt. no perl please.
if so then how. please reply

Nov 19 '05 #1

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Mark Rae

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i want to know is that is it possible to get a web clients date format i.e.
like (DD/MM/YY) or (YYYY/MM/DD) from asp.net. or any other client
scripting
languages
like jscript,javascr ipt. no perl please.
if so then how. please reply

You might be able to do something with navigator.syste mLanguage and/or
navigator.userL anguage - e.g. on my system, both return "en-gb", so you
could logically work out that my PC is set up with British English settings
and go from there...

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...r+userLanguage

Nov 19 '05 #2

Juan T. Llibre

Request.UserLan guages would come in handy if you want to
detect a browser's Accept Language with a .Net class.

Two warnings :

1. Request.UserLan guages returns an Array
Process it accordingly.

2. The Accept Language may not be the same as the
machine's setting for date and time formats.

I know so, because on my test machine and web server they are not.

However, for 99% ( guesstimate ) of clients out there, they would be.

Juan T. Llibre
ASP.NET MVP
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"opticstorm " <op********@dis cussions.micros oft.com> wrote in message
news:CC******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
i want to know is that is it possible to get a web clients date format i.e.
like (DD/MM/YY) or (YYYY/MM/DD) from asp.net. or any other client scripting
languages
like jscript,javascr ipt. no perl please.
if so then how. please reply

You might be able to do something with navigator.syste mLanguage and/or
navigator.userL anguage - e.g. on my system, both return "en-gb", so you could logically
work out that my PC is set up with British English settings and go from there...

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...r+userLanguage

Nov 19 '05 #3

Mark Rae

"Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@ nowhere.com> wrote in message
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2. The Accept Language may not be the same as the
machine's setting for date and time formats.

Yes indeed - http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/334.aspx

Nov 19 '05 #4

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