GetLocale()

Gets the current geographic/language locale value.

To set the default display format of date, time, number, and currency values in a CFML application session, you use the SetLocale() function.

GetLocale( );

Returns: String

This function does not take any arguments.

Examples

    	var n = 1234.56;
	writeOutput( getlocale() );
	dump( dateTimeFormat( now() ) );
	dump( LSdateTimeFormat( now() ) );
	dump( numberFormat( n ) );
	dump( LSnumberFormat( n ));

	writeOutput(' To ');
	setLocale( 'french(switzerland)' );

	writeOutput( getlocale() );
	dump( dateTimeFormat( now() ) );
	dump( LSdateTimeFormat( now() ) );
    	dump( numberFormat( n ) );
	dump( LSnumberFormat( n ) );

	writeOutput(' To ');
	setLocale( 'German' );

	writeOutput( getlocale() );
	dump( dateTimeFormat( now() ) );
	dump( LSdateTimeFormat( now() ) );
    	dump( numberFormat( n ) );
	dump( LSnumberFormat( n ) );

See also