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You can set the Locale in the Preferences window.
The locale language and country setting affects how some numbers and dates are interpreted and displayed. Consequently it may have an effect on some transforms, for example the DateTime format and Num format transforms.
This shows using the DateTime format transform with Format to set to ddd MMMM d yyyy for different locales:
Locale |
Output |
---|---|
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 |
Chinese/China |
周一 五月 21 2001 |
Japanese/Japan |
月 5月 21 2001 |
You will be warned if you File>Open a .transform file with a different locale to the one you have set.