In .NET application, to retrieve the user’s current culture is pretty simple using the CultureInfo class. But performing the same thing, in particular using Javascript, is a bit more complex.

So here is a quick code sample to perform this task:

As you can see, we just need to access to the languages property of the GlobalizationPreferences class. This property is an array containing all the cultures installed and used on the machine.

Here is the results of the previous call:

Simple but very useful ! To see more content about localization, check here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465006.aspx

Happy coding!