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Date & Number Formats

Date and number formats are configured in the application's Main class by overriding OnInitCulture. This method receives the application culture used by Lagoon.

Initialize formats​

Main.cs
public class Main : LgCustomApplication
{
    protected override void OnInitCulture(ApplicationCultureInfo culture)
    {
        base.OnInitCulture(culture);

        // Sets the short format used by components and standard conversions.
        culture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd/MM/yyyy";
        culture.NumberFormat.NumberGroupSeparator = " ";
        culture.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator = ".";
    }
}

Effects of configuration​

These formats are used by:

  • input fields for displayed formatting;
  • standard display of a date or numeric value as a string;
  • calls such as DateVariable.ToShortDateString(), which follow the current culture.

Airbus themes​

For Airbus applications, the default format is already defined in Lagoon.UI.Airbus with the format dd-MMM-yy. It can still be modified in the application's Main.cs with OnInitCulture.

Client / server consistency

If a format also affects server-side processing or exports, apply consistent configuration on both the client and server sides when both layers use the application culture.

See also​