>Michel then you can always do
>

>dim str as string = "en-US" or "en-CA" or "pt-PT" or "es-ES" or getuserculturename function
>Dim userCulture as New CultureInfo(str, false)
>dim formatStr as string = "d" or "D" or getuserdatepreference function
>lcdate = datevar.ToString(formatStr, userCulture)
>

>so this will display base on the user country culture and on user date preference shortdate, long date, or even custom format.

This is good to know we can do it like that as well but that setting in the applications we support is not based on the country.