Is Culture in C# equivalent to Locale in Java?

Question

C# uses the concept of Culture. Is this operationally similar to Locale in Java or are there significant differences in the underlying concepts?

Answer 1

I am not particularly familiar with Java, but from what I can tell CultureInfo is roughly equivalent Locale in Java.

In short, it provides functionalty for formatting of numbers and dates, writing systems, string sorting and calendar functionality according to regional rules, regional meaning a combination of language or language and geographical region (and in some cases language, geographical region and alphabet).