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Functions for controlling and using locales
ColdFusion MX provides the following functions that let you specify and identify the locale and
format text based on the locale:
Tag or function
GetLocale
LSCurrencyFormat
LSDateFormat
LSEuroCurrencyFormat
LSIsCurrency
LSIsDate
LSIsNumeric
LSNumberFormat
LSParseCurrency
LSParseDateTime
LSParseEuroCurrency
LSParseNumber
LSTimeFormat
SetLocale
Note: Many functions that have names starting with LS have corresponding functions that do not
have this prefix: DateFormat, IsDate, IsNumeric, NumberFormat, ParseDateTime, and
TimeFormat. These function use English (US) locale rules.
If you do not precede calls to the LS functions with a call to the
locale defined by the JVM, which typically is the locale of the operating system.
The following example uses the
for each locale supported by ColdFusion MX:
<!--- This example shows LSDateFormat --->
<html>
<head>
<title>LSDateFormat Example</title>
</head>
Use
Returns the current locale setting.
Converts numbers into a string in a locale-specific currency format. For
countries that use the euro, the result depends on the JVM version.
Converts the date part of a date/time value into a string in a locale-
specific date format.
Converts a number into a string in a locale-specific currency format.
Formats using the euro for all countries that use euro as the currency.
Determines whether a string is a valid representation of a currency
amount in the current locale.
Determines whether a string is a valid representation of a date/time
value in the current locale.
Determines whether a string is a valid representation of a number in the
current locale.
Converts a number into a string in a locale-specific numeric format.
Converts a string that is a currency amount in the current locale into a
formatted number. For countries that use the euro, the result depends
on the JVM version.
Converts a string that is a valid date/time representation in the current
locale into a date/time object.
Converts a string that is a currency amount in the current locale into a
formatted number. Requires euro as the currency for all countries that
use the euro.
Converts a string that is a valid numeric representation in the current
locale into a formatted number.
Converts the time part of a date/time value into a string in a locale-
specific date format.
Specifies the locale setting.
function to display the current date in the format
LSDateFormat
function, they use the
SetLocale
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