VBScript GetLocale Function

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# VBScript GetLocale Function

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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>

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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