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Accept countdown target dates in the user's locale #151

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Accept countdown target dates in the user's locale
danielchalmers Jul 11, 2026
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Set the culture before the bindings are created
danielchalmers Jul 11, 2026
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions DesktopClock/CountdownTargetEditor.xaml.cs
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using System;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Markup;
using DesktopClock.Properties;
using Humanizer;

Expand All @@ -25,6 +27,9 @@ private static readonly (string Name, Func<DateTime> GetTarget)[] Presets =

public CountdownTargetEditor()
{
// WPF defaults every element's Language to en-US, so the target text box would parse and show dates only in US format. Follow the OS locale instead, matching the preset captions and preview below it. Set before InitializeComponent so the culture is already in place when the bindings are created.
Language = XmlLanguage.GetLanguage(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.IetfLanguageTag);

InitializeComponent();

Loaded += CountdownTargetEditor_Loaded;
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