Locale

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Locale

You can set the Locale in the Preferences window.

 

locale-m

 

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.