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

 

All newly created .transform files have the locale set by Default Locale in the Preferences window. The intial value of this is set from your operating system.

 

The current locale is shown in the status bar. You can change the locale of the current .transform file via Edit>Locale... or the Locale button in the status bar.

 

If you File>Open a .transform file with a different locale to the current locale, you will be warned, unless you disable this warning in Preferences>warn on locale change.

 

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

 

 

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