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The SetLocale Function
The SetLocale function sets the locale ID and returns the previous locale ID.
A locale contains a set of user preference information: like
language, country, region, and cultural conventions. The locale determines such
things as keyboard layout, sort order, date, time, number,
and currency formats.
Syntax
| Parameter |
Description |
| lcid |
Required. A short string, hex value, or decimal value in
the
Locale ID chart, that identifies a geographic locale. If
the lcid parameter is set to 0, the locale will be set by the system |
Example 1
document.write(SetLocale(2057))
document.write(SetLocale(2058))
Output:
1033
2057
|
Locale ID Chart
| Locale Description |
Short String |
Hex Value |
Decimal Value |
| Afrikaans |
af |
0x0436 |
1078 |
| Albanian |
sq |
0x041C |
1052 |
| Arabic – United Arab Emirates |
ar-ae |
0x3801 |
14337 |
| Arabic - Bahrain |
ar-bh |
0x3C01 |
15361 |
| Arabic - Algeria |
ar-dz |
0x1401 |
5121 |
| Arabic - Egypt |
ar-eg |
0x0C01 |
3073 |
| Arabic - Iraq |
ar-iq |
0x0801 |
2049 |
| Arabic - Jordan |
ar-jo |
0x2C01 |
11265 |
| Arabic - Kuwait |
ar-kw |
0x3401 |
13313 |
| Arabic - Lebanon |
ar-lb |
0x3001 |
12289 |
| Arabic - Libya |
ar-ly |
0x1001 |
4097 |
| Arabic - Morocco |
ar-ma |
0x1801 |
6145 |
| Arabic - Oman |
ar-om |
0x2001 |
8193 |
| Arabic - Qatar |
ar-qa |
0x4001 |
16385 |
| Arabic - Saudi Arabia |
ar-sa |
0x0401 |
1025 |
| Arabic - Syria |
ar-sy |
0x2801 |
10241 |
| Arabic - Tunisia |
ar-tn |
0x1C01 |
7169 |
| Arabic - Yemen |
ar-ye |
0x2401 |
9217 |
| Armenian |
hy |
0x042B |
1067 |
| Azeri – Latin |
az-az |
0x042C |
1068 |
| Azeri – Cyrillic |
az-az |
0x082C |
2092 |
| Basque |
eu |
0x042D |
1069 |
| Belarusian |
be |
0x0423 |
1059 |
| Bulgarian |
bg |
0x0402 |
1026 |
| Catalan |
ca |
0x0403 |
1027 |
| Chinese - China |
zh-cn |
0x0804 |
2052 |
| Chinese - Hong Kong S.A.R. |
zh-hk |
0x0C04 |
3076 |
| Chinese – Macau S.A.R |
zh-mo |
0x1404 |
5124 |
| Chinese - Singapore |
zh-sg |
0x1004 |
4100 |
| Chinese - Taiwan |
zh-tw |
0x0404 |
1028 |
| Croatian |
hr |
0x041A |
1050 |
| Czech |
cs |
0x0405 |
1029 |
| Danish |
da |
0x0406 |
1030 |
| Dutch – The Netherlands |
nl-nl |
0x0413 |
1043 |
| Dutch - Belgium |
nl-be |
0x0813 |
2067 |
| English - Australia |
en-au |
0x0C09 |
3081 |
| English - Belize |
en-bz |
0x2809 |
10249 |
| English - Canada |
en-ca |
0x1009 |
4105 |
| English – Carribbean |
en-cb |
0x2409 |
9225 |
| English - Ireland |
en-ie |
0x1809 |
6153 |
| English - Jamaica |
en-jm |
0x2009 |
8201 |
| English - New Zealand |
en-nz |
0x1409 |
5129 |
| English – Phillippines |
en-ph |
0x3409 |
13321 |
| English - South Africa |
en-za |
0x1C09 |
7177 |
| English - Trinidad |
en-tt |
0x2C09 |
11273 |
| English - United Kingdom |
en-gb |
0x0809 |
2057 |
| English - United States |
en-us |
0x0409 |
1033 |
| Estonian |
et |
0x0425 |
1061 |
| Farsi |
fa |
0x0429 |
1065 |
| Finnish |
fi |
0x040B |
1035 |
| Faroese |
fo |
0x0438 |
1080 |
| French - France |
fr-fr |
0x040C |
1036 |
| French - Belgium |
fr-be |
0x080C |
2060 |
| French - Canada |
fr-ca |
0x0C0C |
3084 |
| French - Luxembourg |
fr-lu |
0x140C |
5132 |
| French - Switzerland |
fr-ch |
0x100C |
4108 |
| Gaelic – Ireland |
gd-ie |
0x083C |
2108 |
| Gaelic - Scotland |
gd |
0x043C |
1084 |
| German - Germany |
de-de |
0x0407 |
1031 |
| German - Austria |
de-at |
0x0C07 |
3079 |
| German - Liechtenstein |
de-li |
0x1407 |
5127 |
| German - Luxembourg |
de-lu |
0x1007 |
4103 |
| German - Switzerland |
de-ch |
0x0807 |
2055 |
| Greek |
el |
0x0408 |
1032 |
| Hebrew |
he |
0x040D |
1037 |
| Hindi |
hi |
0x0439 |
1081 |
| Hungarian |
hu |
0x040E |
1038 |
| Icelandic |
is |
0x040F |
1039 |
| Indonesian |
id |
0x0421 |
1057 |
| Italian - Italy |
it-it |
0x0410 |
1040 |
| Italian - Switzerland |
it-ch |
0x0810 |
2064 |
| Japanese |
ja |
0x0411 |
1041 |
| Korean |
ko |
0x0412 |
1042 |
| Latvian |
lv |
0x0426 |
1062 |
| Lithuanian |
lt |
0x0427 |
1063 |
| FYRO Macedonian |
mk |
0x042F |
1071 |
| Malay - Malaysia |
ms-my |
0x043E |
1086 |
| Malay – Brunei |
ms-bn |
0x083E |
2110 |
| Maltese |
mt |
0x043A |
1082 |
| Marathi |
mr |
0x044E |
1102 |
| Norwegian - Bokmål |
no-no |
0x0414 |
1044 |
| Norwegian – Nynorsk |
no-no |
0x0814 |
2068 |
| Polish |
pl |
0x0415 |
1045 |
| Portuguese - Portugal |
pt-pt |
0x0816 |
2070 |
| Portuguese - Brazil |
pt-br |
0x0416 |
1046 |
| Raeto-Romance |
rm |
0x0417 |
1047 |
| Romanian - Romania |
ro |
0x0418 |
1048 |
| Romanian - Moldova |
ro-mo |
0x0818 |
2072 |
| Russian |
ru |
0x0419 |
1049 |
| Russian - Moldova |
ru-mo |
0x0819 |
2073 |
| Sanskrit |
sa |
0x044F |
1103 |
| Serbian - Cyrillic |
sr-sp |
0x0C1A |
3098 |
| Serbian – Latin |
sr-sp |
0x081A |
2074 |
| Setsuana |
tn |
0x0432 |
1074 |
| Slovenian |
sl |
0x0424 |
1060 |
| Slovak |
sk |
0x041B |
1051 |
| Sorbian |
sb |
0x042E |
1070 |
| Spanish - Spain |
es-es |
0x0C0A |
1034 |
| Spanish - Argentina |
es-ar |
0x2C0A |
11274 |
| Spanish - Bolivia |
es-bo |
0x400A |
16394 |
| Spanish - Chile |
es-cl |
0x340A |
13322 |
| Spanish - Colombia |
es-co |
0x240A |
9226 |
| Spanish - Costa Rica |
es-cr |
0x140A |
5130 |
| Spanish - Dominican Republic |
es-do |
0x1C0A |
7178 |
| Spanish - Ecuador |
es-ec |
0x300A |
12298 |
| Spanish - Guatemala |
es-gt |
0x100A |
4106 |
| Spanish - Honduras |
es-hn |
0x480A |
18442 |
| Spanish - Mexico |
es-mx |
0x080A |
2058 |
| Spanish - Nicaragua |
es-ni |
0x4C0A |
19466 |
| Spanish - Panama |
es-pa |
0x180A |
6154 |
| Spanish - Peru |
es-pe |
0x280A |
10250 |
| Spanish - Puerto Rico |
es-pr |
0x500A |
20490 |
| Spanish - Paraguay |
es-py |
0x3C0A |
15370 |
| Spanish - El Salvador |
es-sv |
0x440A |
17418 |
| Spanish - Uruguay |
es-uy |
0x380A |
14346 |
| Spanish - Venezuela |
es-ve |
0x200A |
8202 |
| Sutu |
sx |
0x0430 |
1072 |
| Swahili |
sw |
0x0441 |
1089 |
| Swedish - Sweden |
sv-se |
0x041D |
1053 |
| Swedish - Finland |
sv-fi |
0x081D |
2077 |
| Tamil |
ta |
0x0449 |
1097 |
| Tatar |
tt |
0X0444 |
1092 |
| Thai |
th |
0x041E |
1054 |
| Turkish |
tr |
0x041F |
1055 |
| Tsonga |
ts |
0x0431 |
1073 |
| Ukrainian |
uk |
0x0422 |
1058 |
| Urdu |
ur |
0x0420 |
1056 |
| Uzbek – Cyrillic |
uz-uz |
0x0843 |
2115 |
| Uzbek – Latin |
uz-uz |
0x0443 |
1091 |
| Vietnamese |
vi |
0x042A |
1066 |
| Xhosa |
xh |
0x0434 |
1076 |
| Yiddish |
yi |
0x043D |
1085 |
| Zulu |
zu |
0x0435 |
1077 |
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