User Guide

Chapter 2: ColdFusion Functions 361

GetLocale

Returns the locale for the current request. Locales are determined by the native

operating system.

A locale is an encapsulation of the set of attributes that govern the display and

formatting of international date, time, number, and currency values.

See also SetLocale.

Syntax GetLocale()

Locale support

ColdFusion can be expected to support the following locales with a default Windows

NT installation.

Note The variable Server.ColdFusion.SupportedLocales is initialized at startup

with a comma-delimited list of the locales that ColdFusion and the

operating system support. GetLocale( ) will return an entry from that list.

SetLocale will fail if called with a locale name not on that list.

Example

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>GetLocale Example</TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<H3>GetLocale Example</H3>

<P>GetLocale returns the locale for the current

Locales Supported by ColdFusion

Dutch (Belgian) French (Canadian) Norwegian (Bokmal)

Dutch (Standard) French (Standard) Norwegian (Nynorsk)

English (Australian) French (Swiss) Portuguese (Brazilian)

English (Canadian) German (Austrian) Portuguese (Standard)

English (New Zealand) German (Standard) Spanish (Mexican)

English (UK) German (Swiss) Spanish (Modern)

English (US) Italian (Standard) Spanish (Standard)

French (Belgian) Italian (Swiss) Swedish