VBScript GetLocale
Function
The GetLocale function returns the current locale ID.
The locale is a collection of user preference information, including language, country, region, and cultural customs. The locale determines keyboard layout, character sorting order, date, time, number, and currency formats, among other things.
The return value can be any 32-bit value, as shown in the Locale ID Table.
Note: Use the SetLocale function to set the locale ID.
Syntax
Example
Example (Internet Explorer only)
The above example outputs:
Locale ID Table
Locale Description | Abbreviation | Hexadecimal 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 – Caribbean | en-cb | 0x2409 | 9225 |
English - Ireland | en-ie | 0x1809 | 6153 |
English - Jamaica | en-jm | 0x2009 | 8201 |
English - New Zealand | en-nz | 0x1409 | 5129 |
English – Philippines | 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 |
Setswana | 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 |