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The GetLocale function returns the current 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.
The return value can be one of the 32-bit values shown in the Locale ID chart.
Tip: Use the SetLocale function to set the local ID.
Syntax
GetLocale()
Example
Example (IE Only)
<script type="text/vbscript">
document.write(GetLocale)
</script>
document.write(GetLocale)
</script>
The output of the code above will be:
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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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