Locale

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Locale

You can set the Locale in the Preferences window.

 

Set locale

 

The locale language and country setting affect how numbers and dates are interpreted and displayed.

 

Example outputs using the DateTime Format transform with ISO date value 2001-05-21 and Format to set to ddd MMMM d yyyy:

 

Locale to

Result

English/United States

Mon May 21 2001

English/United Kingdom

Mon May 21 2001

German/Germany

Mo. Mai 21 2001

French/France

lun. mai 21 2001

Spanish/Spain

lun. mayo 21 2001

Italian/Italy

lun maggio 21 2001

Portuguese/Portugal

segunda maio 21 2001

Arabic/Egypt

الاثنين مايو ٢١ ٢٠٠١

Chinese/China

周一 五月 21 2001

Japanese/Japan

月 5月 21 2001

 

Example outputs using the Num Format transform with US/UK number value 1234.567:

 

Locale to

Result

English/United States

1,234.567

English/United Kingdom

1,234.567

German/Germany

1.234,567

German/Switzerland

1’234.567

French/France

1 234,567

Spanish/Spain

1.234,567

Italian/Italy

1.234,567

Portuguese/Portugal

1 234,567

Arabic/Egypt

١٬٢٣٤٫٥٦٧

Chinese/China

1,234.567

Japanese/Japan

1,234.567

 

You will be warned if you File>Open a .transform file with a different locale to the one you have set.