Localization in WPF DatePicker (SfDatePicker)

Localization is the process of making application as multi-lingual, by formatting the content according to cultures.

Creating Resource file and adding value to the resource string based on Culture

Add a resource file(.resx) in the application and assign key values to the resource string based on the culture. Refer below screenshot,

Assign a Current UI culture to the application

While initializing the application, CurrentCulture and CurrentUICulture should be mentioned in code, so that application will get the appropriate values provided in resource file.

xaml

<syncfusion:SfDatePicker Name="datePicker" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" FormatString="dddd, MMMM dd, yyyy h:mm:ss tt"/>

c#

CultureInfo culture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("ar-SA");
            culture.DateTimeFormat.AMDesignator = "صباحا";
            culture.DateTimeFormat.PMDesignator = "مساء";
            System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = culture;
            System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = culture;

Value field of SfDatePicker is localized

Display text “Choose Date” is localized to ar-SA culture