Various data types (date and time, any numeric values, strings) can be displayed, parsed, or formatted in different ways according to the Locale property.
Strings can also be influenced by Locale sensitivity.
Locale represents a specific geographical, political, or cultural region. An operation that requires a locale to perform its task is called locale-sensitive and uses the locale to tailor information for the user. For example, displaying a number is a locale-sensitive operation as the number should be formatted according to the customs/conventions of the native country, region, or culture of the user.
Each locale code consists of the language code and country arguments.
The language argument is a valid ISO Language Code. These codes are the lower-case, two-letter codes as defined by ISO-639.
The country argument is a valid ISO Country Code. These codes are the upper-case, two-letter codes as defined by ISO-3166.
Instead of specifying the format parameter (or together with it), you can specify the locale parameter.
In strings, instead of setting a format for the whole date field, specify e.g. the German locale. Data Shaper will then automatically choose the proper date format used in Germany. If the locale is not specified at all, Data Shaper will choose the default one which is given by your system. In order to learn how to change the default locale, refer to .
In numbers, on the other hand, there are cases when both the format and locale parameters are meaningful. In the case of specifying the format of decimal numbers, you define the format/pattern with a decimal separator and the locale determines whether the separator is a comma or a dot. If neither the locale or format is specified, the number is converted to string using a universal technique (without checking defaultProperties). If only the format parameter is given, the default locale is used.
See also for details about locale in Java.
Example 7. Examples of Locale
en.US or en.GB
For more examples of formatting affected by changing the locale, see above.
Dates, too, can have different formats in different locales (even with different countries of the same language). For instance, March 2, 2009 (in the USA) vs. 2 March 2009 (in the UK).
A complete list of the locales supported by Data Shaper can be found in a separate table below. The locale format as described above is always "language.COUNTRY".
[system default]
Locale determined by your OS
ar
Arabic language
ar.AE
Arabic - United Arab Emirates
ar.BH
Arabic - Bahrain
ar.DZ
Arabic - Algeria
ar.EG
Arabic - Egypt
ar.IQ
Arabic - Iraq
ar.JO
Arabic - Jordan
ar.KW
Arabic - Kuwait
ar.LB
Arabic - Lebanon
ar.LY
Arabic - Libya
ar.MA
Arabic - Morocco
ar.OM
Arabic - Oman
ar.QA
Arabic - Qatar
ar.SA
Arabic - Saudi Arabia
ar.SD
Arabic - Sudan
ar.SY
Arabic - Syrian Arab Republic
ar.TN
Arabic - Tunisia
ar.YE
Arabic - Yemen
be
Belorussian language
be.BY
Belorussian - Belarus
bg
Bulgarian language
bg.BG
Bulgarian - Bulgaria
ca
Catalan language
ca.ES
Catalan - Spain
cs
Czech language
cs.CZ
Czech - Czech Republic
da
Danish language
da.DK
Danish - Denmark
de
German language
de.AT
German - Austria
de.CH
German - Switzerland
de.DE
German - Germany
de.LU
German - Luxembourg
el
Greek language
el.CY
Greek - Cyprus
el.GR
Greek - Greece
en
English language
en.AU
English - Australia
en.CA
English - Canada
en.GB
English - Great Britain
en.IE
English - Ireland
en.IN
English - India
en.MT
English - Malta
en.NZ
English - New Zealand
en.PH
English - Philippines
en.SG
English - Singapore
en.US
English - United States
en.ZA
English - South Africa
es
Spanish language
es.AR
Spanish - Argentina
es.BO
Spanish - Bolivia
es.CL
Spanish - Chile
es.CO
Spanish - Colombia
es.CR
Spanish - Costa Rica
es.DO
Spanish - Dominican Republic
es.EC
Spanish - Ecuador
es.ES
Spanish - Spain
es.GT
Spanish - Guatemala
es.HN
Spanish - Honduras
es.MX
Spanish - Mexico
es.NI
Spanish - Nicaragua
es.PA
Spanish - Panama
es.PR
Spanish - Puerto Rico
es.PY
Spanish - Paraguay
es.US
Spanish - United States
es.UY
Spanish - Uruguay
es.VE
Spanish - Venezuela
et
Estonian language
et.EE
Estonian - Estonia
fi
Finnish language
fi.FI
Finnish - Finland
fr
French language
fr.BE
French - Belgium
fr.CA
French - Canada
fr.CH
French - Switzerland
fr.FR
French - France
fr.LU
French - Luxembourg
ga
Irish language
ga.IE
Irish - Ireland
he
Hebrew language
he.IL
Hebrew - Israel
hi.IN
Hindi - India
hr
Croatian language
hr.HR
Croatian - Croatia
id
Indonesian language
id.ID
Indonesian - Indonesia
is
Icelandic language
is.IS
Icelandic - Iceland
it
Italian language
it.CH
Italian - Switzerland
it.IT
Italian - Italy
iw
Hebrew language
iw.IL
Hebrew - Israel
ja
Japanese language
ja.JP
Japanese - Japan
ko
Korean language
ko.KR
Korean - Republic of Korea
lt
Lithuanian language
lt.LT
Lithuanian language - Lithuania
lv
Latvian language
lv.LV
Latvian language - Latvia
mk
Macedonian language
mk.MK
Macedonian - The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
ms
Malay language
ms.MY
Malay - Burmese
mt
Maltese language
mt.MT
Maltese - Malta
nl
Dutch language
nl.BE
Dutch - Belgium
nl.NL
Dutch - Netherlands
no
Norwegian language
no.NO
Norwegian - Norway
pl
Polish language
pl.PL
Polish - Poland
pt
Portuguese language
pt.BR
Portuguese - Brazil
pt.PT
Portuguese - Portugal
ro
Romanian language
ro.RO
Romanian - Romany
ru
Russian language
ru.RU
Russian - Russian Federation
sk
Slovak language
sk.SK
Slovak - Slovakia
sl
Slovenian language
sl.SI
Slovenian - Slovenia
sq
Albanian language
sq.AL
Albanian - Albania
sr
Serbian language
sr.BA
Serbian - Bosnia and Herzegowina
sr.CS
Serbian - Serbia and Montenegro
sr.ME
Serbian - Serbia (Cyrillic, Montenegro)
sr.RS
Serbian - Serbia (Latin, Serbia)
sv
Swedish language
sv.SE
Swedish - Sweden
th
Thai language
th.TH
Thai - Thailand
tr
Turkish language
tr.TR
Turkish - Turkey
uk
Ukrainian language
uk.UA
Ukrainian - Ukraine
vi.VN
Vietnamese - Vietnam
zh
Chinese language
zh.CN
Chinese - China
zh.HK
Chinese - Hong Kong
zh.SG
Chinese - Singapore
zh.TW
Chinese - Taiwan
Locale sensitivity can be applied to the string data type only. What is more, the Locale has to be specified either for the field or the whole record.
Field settings override the Locale sensitivity specified for the whole record.
Values of Locale sensitivity are the following:
base_letter_sensitivity
Does not distinguish different cases of letters nor letters with diacritic marks.
accent_sensitivity
Does not distinguish different cases of letters. It distinguishes letters with diacritic marks.
case_sensitivity
Distinguishes different cases of letters and letters with diacritic marks. It does not distinguish the letter encoding ("\u00C0" equals to "A\u0300").
identical_sensitivity
Distinguishes the letter encoding ("\u00C0" equals to "A\u0300").
