CFLib.org – Common Function Library Project

Description:
This is a better version of getLocale. It allows you to get the full, long, and short version of the current locale.

Return Values:
Returns a struct.

Example:

<cfdump var="#getLocaleInfo()#">

Parameters:

No arguments.

Full UDF Source:

<!---
 A better version of getLocale.
 
 @return Returns a struct. 
 @author Reinhard Jung (reinhard.jung@gmail.com) 
 @version 1, June 13, 2008 
--->
<cffunction name="getLocaleInfo" description="gets the Locale" output="false">
    <cfset var myLocale = structNew() />
    <cfset var currentLocale    = CreateObject("java", "java.util.Locale").getDefault() />
    <cfset myLocale.short.country        = currentLocale.getCountry() />
    <cfset myLocale.short.language    = currentLocale.getLanguage() />
    <cfset myLocale.short                        = myLocale.short.language &'_' &myLocale.short.country />
    <cfset myLocale.long                        = getLocale() />
    <cfset myLocale.full                        = getLocaleDisplayName() />

    <cfreturn myLocale />
</cffunction>