# Internationalization

RadCalendar provides built in internationalization support to build world-ready applications including:

\* The **Culture** property can be set using the drop down list in the Properties Window or set in code. The screenshot below shows the **Culture** property set to "German(Germany)".

```C#
this.radDateOnlyPicker1.Culture = new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE");

```

```VB.NET
Me.RadDateOnlyPicker1.Culture = New System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE")

```

> caption Figure 1: The culture is changed to German.

![WinForms RadDateTimePicker German Culture](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/881bf9e36c978ed725e26b1e4e97b7b3/editors-dateonlypicker-internationalization001.png)

\* Right-to-Left support:

* Right-to-Left = No (default value)

```C#
this.radDateOnlyPicker1.RightToLeft = RightToLeft.No;

```

```VB.NET
Me.RadDateOnlyPicker1.RightToLeft = RightToLeft.No

```

> caption Figure 2: The right to left support is turned off.

![WinForms RadDateOnlyPicker Right to Left Off](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/a8f8e1b92cd6d8f72142b8772f6e8078/editors-dateonlypicker-internationalization002.png)

\*  Right-to-Left = Yes

```C#
this.radDateOnlyPicker1.RightToLeft = RightToLeft.Yes;

```

```VB.NET
Me.RadDateOnlyPicker1.RightToLeft = RightToLeft.Yes

```

> caption Figure 3: The right to left support is turned on.

![WinForms RadDateOnlyPicker Right to Left On](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/62087bafb3fc2bae78cc61902190fee0/editors-dateonlypicker-internationalization003.png)

\* [Date Format Pattern](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/editors/dateonlypicker/features/date-formats): The **Format** property has valid values of **Short**, **Long**, and **Custom**. The \_\_Custom__enables the **CustomFormat** property.

> The **Time** option of the **DateTimePickerFormat** enumeration is not applicable for the RadDateOnlyPicker control. The **Time** option will be ignored when set to the RadDateOnlyPicker control Format property.

```C#
this.radDateOnlyPicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom;
this.radDateOnlyPicker1.CustomFormat = "MMM - dd - yyyy";

```

```VB.NET
Me.RadDateOnlyPicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom
Me.RadDateOnlyPicker1.CustomFormat = "MMM - dd - yyyy"

```

> caption Figure 4: Using Custom Format

![WinForms RadDateTimePicker Using Custom Format](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/29c280efb6f7758f8f98f3bd775443f8/editors-dateonlypicker-internationalization004.png)

## See Also

* [CultureInfo and RegionInfo Basics](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/editors/datetimepicker/internationalization/cultureinfo-and-regioninfo-basics)
* [Date Formats](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/controls/editors/dateonlypicker/features/date-formats)