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
Chinese (China)Chinese (Hong Kong)Chinese (Taiwan)Dutch (Belgian)Dutch (Standard)English (Australian)English (Canadian)English (New Zealand)English (US)English (UK)French (Belgian)French (Canadian)French (Standard)French (Swiss)German (Austrian)German (Standard)German (Swiss)Italian (Standard)Italian (Swiss)JapaneseKoreanNorwegian (Bokmal)Norwegian (Nynorsk)Portuguese (Brazilian)Portuguese (Standard)Spanish (Modern)Spanish (Standard)SwedishOutputs 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());
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