Practicing and exploring

Test your knowledge and understanding by answering some questions, getting some hands-on practice, and exploring the topics in this chapter with deeper research.

Exercise 7.1 – Test your knowledge

Use the web to answer the following questions:

1. What is the difference between localization, globalization, and internationalization?
2. What is the smallest measurement of time available in .NET?
3. How long is a “tick” in .NET?
4. In what scenario might you use a DateOnly value instead of a DateTime value?
5. For a time zone, what does its BaseUtcOffset property tell you?
6. How can you get information about the local time zone in which your code is executing?
7. For a DateTime value, what does its Kind property tell you?
8. How can you control the current culture for your executing code?
9. What is the ISO culture code for Welsh?
10. How do localization resource file fallbacks work?

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