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Get-UICulture



This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Get-UICulture', in PowerShell version 5 - as retrieved from Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.

For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.

SYNOPSIS

Gets the current user interface (UI) culture settings in the operating system.

SYNTAX


Get-UICulture [-InformationAction {SilentlyContinue | Stop | Continue | Inquire | Ignore | Suspend}] [-InformationVariable [<System.String>]] [<CommonParameters>]



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DESCRIPTION


The Get-UICulture cmdlet gets information about the current UI culture settings for Windows. The UI culture determines which text strings are used for user interface
elements, such as menus and messages.


You can also use the Get-Culture cmdlet, which gets the current culture on the system. The culture determines the display format of items such as numbers, currency, and
dates.



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RELATED LINKS


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Examples


-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------

PS C:\>get-uiculture



This command gets the current UI culture information.










-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------

PS C:\>get-uiculture | format-list *



This command displays the values of all of the properties of the current UI culture in a list.










-------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 --------------------------

PS C:\>(get-uiculture).calendar



This command displays the current values for the Calendar property of the current UI culture. Calendar is just one property of UI culture. To see all of the properties, type
"get-uiculture | get-member".










-------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 --------------------------

PS C:\>(get-uiculture).datetimeformat.shortdatepattern



This command displays the short date pattern for the current UI culture. To see all of the subproperties of the DateTimeFormat property of the UI culture, type
"(get-uiculture).datetimeformat | gm".