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Fix the formatting of the ar-SA culture date in "Working with calendars" #53877

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Fix the formatting of the ar-SA culture calendar display
BartoszKlonowski May 18, 2026
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Adjust the example output comment
BartoszKlonowski May 18, 2026
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Briefly mention the fact of setting Calendar for culture change
BartoszKlonowski May 18, 2026
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Do not explicitly set the calendar when changing for ar-SA
BartoszKlonowski May 19, 2026
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12 changes: 7 additions & 5 deletions samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_CLR/conceptual.calendars/cs/changecalendar2.cs
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// <Snippet2>
using System;
using System.Globalization;
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// Change the current culture to Arabic (Saudi Arabia).
Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = arSA;

// Display date and information about the current culture.
DisplayCurrentInfo();
Console.WriteLine(date1.ToString("d"));
Console.WriteLine(date1.ToString("dd'/'MM'/'yyyy"));
Console.WriteLine();

// Change the calendar to Hijri.
Calendar hijri = new HijriCalendar();
if (CalendarExists(arSA, hijri)) {
if (CalendarExists(arSA, hijri))
{
arSA.DateTimeFormat.Calendar = hijri;
// Display date and information about the current culture.
DisplayCurrentInfo();
Console.WriteLine(date1.ToString("d"));
Console.WriteLine(date1.ToString("dd'/'MM'/'yyyy"));
}
}

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//
// Current Culture: ar-SA
// Current Calendar: System.Globalization.UmAlQuraCalendar
// 18/07/32
// 18/07/1432
//
// Current Culture: ar-SA
// Current Calendar: System.Globalization.HijriCalendar
// 19/07/32
// 19/07/1432
// </Snippet2>
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