Introduction to Locales

Explains how to use locales to retrieve, interpret, and display localized information in Core Foundation.

Organization of This Document

The following articles explain what locales are, how they work, and common tasks you might perform with them:

Locale Concepts describes what locales are, why they are useful, and how they are identified. It also introduces the relationship between locales and user preferences.

Working With Core Foundation Locales explains how to create locale objects in Core Foundation, how to get the current user’s locale, and how to use locale objects in conjunction with other objects. It also introduces aspects of the lifetime of a locale object.