Locale - General Locale Settings

General Locale Settings

These settings usually include the following display (output) format settings:

  • Number format setting
  • Character classification, case conversion settings
  • Date-time format setting
  • String collation setting
  • Currency format setting
  • Paper size setting
  • other minor settings ...

The locale settings are about formatting output given a locale. So, the timezone information and daylight saving time are not usually part of the locale settings. Less usual, but worth mentioning, is the input format setting. This is mostly defined on a per application basis.

Furthermore, the general settings usually include the keyboard layout setting.

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