SetLocale()

Sets the country/language locale for CFML processing and the page returned to the client.

The locale value determines the default format of date, time, number, and currency values, according to language and regional conventions.


	SetLocale( new_locale=locale );

Returns: Locale

Argument	Description
new_locale _{locale, required}	The name of a locale; for example, "English (US)" _{Alias: locale}

Argument

Description

new_locale

_{locale,

required}

The name of a locale; for example, "English (US)"

_{Alias:
locale}

dump(getLocale());
setLocale("english (australian)");
dump(getLocale());
dump(Server.Coldfusion.SupportedLocales.listToArray().sort("text"));