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setLocale

Sets the country/language locale for CFML processing and the page returned to the client. The locale value determines the default format of date, time, number, and currency values, according to language and regional conventions.

setLocale(new_locale)

returns string

Argument Reference

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description	Values
new_locale	string	Yes		The name of a locale; for example, “English (US)”	/Users/garethedwards/development/github/cfdocs/docs/functions/setlocale.md	Swedish

Set Locale Script Example

Outputs the current locale, Sets the locale to French (Belgian) and outputs it, then puts it back to the original and outputs it

<cfscript>
    currentLocale = getLocale();
    writeOutput("Current: ");
    writeDump(currentLocale);
    writeOutput("<br />");
    setLocale("French (Belgian)");
    writeOutput("New: ");
    writeDump(getLocale());
    writeOutput("<br />");
    setLocale(currentLocale);
    writeOutput("Original: ");
    writeDump(getLocale());
</cfscript>

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