MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61-CFML Reference page 677

ColdFusion determines the locale value as follows:
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By default, ColdFusion uses the JVM locale, and the default JVM locale is the operating
system locale. You can set JVM locale value explicitly in ColdFusion MX in the ColdFusion
Administrator Java and JVM Settings page JVM Arguments field; for example: -
Duser.language=de -Duser.region=DE.
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A locale set using the
another
SetLocale
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If a request has multiple
sensitive ColdFusion tags and functions, such as the functions that start with LS format data.
The last
SetLocale
requestor (typically the client browser) determines the value of the response
HTTP header. The browser that requested the page displays the response according
Language
to the rules for the language specified by the
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ColdFusion ignores any
Because this function returns the previous locale setting, you can save the original locale value.
You can restore the original locale by calling
example, the following line saves the original locale ins a Session variable:
<cfset Session.oldlocale = SetLocale(newLocale)>
The variable
server.ColdFusion.SupportedLocales
delimited list of the locales that ColdFusion and the operating system support. If you call
with a locale that is not in the list, the call generates an error.
SetLocale
Note: ColdFusion uses the Spanish (Standard) formats for Spanish (Modern) and Spanish
(Standard).
Example
<h3>SetLocale Example</h3>
<p>SetLocale sets the locale to the specified new locale for the current
session.
<p>A locale encapsulates the set of attributes that govern the display and
formatting of date, time, number, and currency values.
<p>The locale for this system is <cfoutput>#GetLocale()#</cfoutput>
<p><cfoutput><I>the old locale was #SetLocale("English (UK)")#</I>
<p>The locale is now #GetLocale()#</cfoutput>
function persists for the current request or until it is reset by
SetLocale
function in the request.
functions, the current locale setting affects how locale-
SetLocale
function that ColdFusion processes before sending a response to the
functions that follow a
SetLocale
Content-Language
cfflush
again with the saved variable. For
SetLocale
is initialized at startup with a comma-
Content-
header.
tag.
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