C Tutorial/time.h/setlocale
setlocale
Item Value Header file locale.h Declaration char *setlocale(int type, const char *locale); Function set local information
type must be one of the following macros (defined in <locale.h>):
- LC_ALL: refers to all localization categories.
- LC_COLLATE: affects the operation of the strcoll() function.
- LC_CTYPE: alters the way the character functions work.
- LC_MONETARY: determines the monetary format.
- LC_NUMERIC: changes the decimal-point character for formatted input/output functions.
- LC_TIME: determines the behavior of the strftime() function.
The setlocale() function returns a pointer to a string associated with the type parameter.
Display the current locale setting:
#include <locale.h>
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
printf(setlocale(LC_ALL, ""));
return 0;
}