Globalization
RadCalendar supports the following .NET Framework calendar implementations:
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ChineseLunisolarCalendar, which represents the Chinese lunisolar calendar.
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GregorianCalendar, which represents the Gregorian calendar. This calendar is further divided into subtypes (such as Arabic and Middle East French) that are defined by the System.Globalization.GregorianCalendarTypes enumeration. The GregorianCalendar.CalendarType property specifies the subtype of the Gregorian calendar.
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HebrewCalendar, which represents the Hebrew calendar.
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HijriCalendar, which represents the Hijri calendar.
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JapaneseCalendar, which represents the Japanese calendar.
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JapaneseLunisolarCalendar, which represents the Japanese lunisolar calendar.
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JulianCalendar, which represents the Julian calendar.
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KoreanCalendar, which represents the Korean calendar.
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KoreanLunisolarCalendar, which represents the Korean lunisolar calendar.
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PersianCalendar, which represents the Persian calendar.
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TaiwanCalendar, which represents the Taiwan calendar.
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TaiwanLunisolarCalendar, which represents the Taiwan lunisolar calendar.
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ThaiBuddhistCalendar, which represents the Thai Buddhist calendar.
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UmAlQuraCalendar, which represents the Um Al Qura calendar.
You can set the default calendar for the whole application or for a specific RadCalendar instance as demonstrated in Example 1 and Example 2.
Example 1: Setting the default calendar application-wide
CultureInfo arSA = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("ar-SA");
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = arSA;
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture = arSA;
arSA.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = new HijriCalendar();Example 2: Setting the calendar for a specific RadCalendar instance
CultureInfo arSA = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("ar-SA");
arSA.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = new HijriCalendar();
calendar.Culture = arSA;Figure 1 demonstrates the final result:
Figure 1: Hijri calendar
Right-to-Left Calendar
Set the FlowDirection property to RightToLeft when the calendar should use a right-to-left layout and keyboard direction:
<telerik:RadCalendar FlowDirection="RightToLeft" />FlowDirection and Culture control different aspects of the calendar. FlowDirection controls the right-to-left direction, while Culture controls localized date information and the calendar system. To configure both for an Arabic calendar, use the following code:
CultureInfo culture = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("ar-SA");
culture.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = new HijriCalendar();
calendar.FlowDirection = FlowDirection.RightToLeft;
calendar.Culture = culture;The calendar uses its FlowDirection when processing horizontal keyboard navigation. Set Culture only when you also need culture-specific date formatting or a specific calendar implementation.
For more information on how to use the calendar classes when working with date values, please read the following MSDN article.