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Ok but is an App aware of the CurrentCulture of the device that it is running on, such that the date formatting would respect that ?
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Yes, by default the app will run with the culture that is set on the device.
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so if I format the date with &quot;d&quot; it will present a short date in UK format on a UK phone?
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What is the best way to ensure a textbox in a WP8 app displays dates in the correct format for the language that the device is set to ? &nbsp;Also will this present correctly in the emulator ?
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What is the best way to ensure a textbox in a WP8 app displays dates in the correct format for the language that the device is set to ?  Also will this present correctly in the emulator ?

Ok but is an App aware of the CurrentCulture of the device that it is running on, such that the date formatting would respect that ?

Yes, by default the app will run with the culture that is set on the device.

so if I format the date with &quot;d&quot; it will present a short date in UK format on a UK phone?

Dates In Windows Phone 8 Programming

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