pseudolocalization

My computer is configured with a culture that is not en-US . When using the native Win32 GetDateFormat function, i get correctly formatted dates: 22//11//2011 4::42::53 P̰̃M] This is correct; and is also how Windows renders it: the taskbar Region and Language settings Windows Explorer Outlook When i try to convert a date to a string in .NET using my current locale, e.g.: DateTime.Now.ToString(); DateTime.Now.ToString(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture); i get an incorrect date: 22////11////2011 4::::42::::53 P̰̃M] This bug in .NET is evident anyplace in Windows that uses the buggy .NET code: Windows

i am testing pseudo-localization of a web-site. i can configure Internet Explorer to have custom accept languages: Click Tools , Internet Options On the General tab click Languages In the Language Preferences dialog click Add . Enter a user-defined language of qps-ploc (i.e. the Pseudo (Base) locale) Click OK Now when Internet Explorer issues an http request, the accept languages will lead with qpc-ploc : GET https://stackoverflow.com/ HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/x-ms-application, image/jpeg, application/xaml+xml, image/gif, image/pjpeg, application/x-ms-xbap, */* Accept-Language: qps-ploc,en

Windows Vista introduced the concept of three pseudo-locales : Pseudo Locale Locale Name LCID =================== =========== ====== Base qps-ploc 0x0501 Mirrored qps-mirr 0x09ff East Asian-language qps-asia 0x05fe Enabling the Base locale is useful, because you can check that your application is using the current locale for formatting of items such as dates, times, numbers, money. For example when the current locale is set to Base , a date will be formatted as: [Шěđлеśđαỳ !!!], 8 ōf [Μäŕςћ !!] ōf 2006 Builds of Windows are actually done in pseudo , and then localized into english: Another