var cultureInfo = (CultureInfo)Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.Clone(); cultureInfo.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "yyyy-MM-dd"; Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = cultureInfo; const string path = @"C:\Users\piotr\Downloads\sample (1).pdf"; var bounds = new RectangleF(0, 0, 100, 100); var pdfDoc = new PdfLoadedDocument(path); foreach (PdfLoadedPage page in pdfDoc.Pages) { var redaction = new PdfRedaction(bounds); page.AddRedaction(redaction); } pdfDoc.Redact(); var shortDatePattern = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern; Debug.Assert(shortDatePattern == "yyyy-MM-dd");