# Javascript: TXTextControl.getCultures Method

> Returns the culture and the UI culture of the control. The UI culture affects the string resource language. The culture represents date and time string formats, for example.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 24.0
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > JavaScript API > Javascript: TXTextControl.getCultures Method
- **169 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol/getcultures-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol/getcultures-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/javascript/txtextcontrol/getcultures-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Returns the culture and the UI culture of the control. The UI culture affects the string resource language. The culture represents date and time string formats, for example.

### Syntax

```javascript
<CultureSettings> TXTextControl.getCultures()
```

### Return Value

Returns an object of type [CultureSettings](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/javascript/culturesettings/llms-full.txt).

### Examples

The following example demonstrates `TXTextControl.getCultures` in a practical document-editing workflow. It returns the culture and the UI culture of the control. The UI culture affects the string resource language. The culture represents date and time string formats, for example.

```javascript
TXTextControl.getCultures();
```

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