# GetLocale

Retrieves the the string representation of the current locale

## Method Signature

```
GetLocale()
```

### Arguments

This function does not accept any arguments

## Examples

### Output current Locale than set it to swiss locale

```java
writeOutput( getlocale() );
writeOutput( " → " );
setLocale( "de_ch" );
writeOutput( getlocale() );

```

Result: english (us) → german (swiss)

### Additional Examples

```java
var n = 1234.56;
writeOutput( getlocale() );
dump( dateTimeFormat( now() ) );
dump( LSdateTimeFormat( now() ) );
dump( numberFormat( n ) );
dump( LSnumberFormat( n ) );
writeOutput( " To " );
setLocale( "french(switzerland)" );
writeOutput( getlocale() );
dump( dateTimeFormat( now() ) );
dump( LSdateTimeFormat( now() ) );
dump( numberFormat( n ) );
dump( LSnumberFormat( n ) );
writeOutput( " To " );
setLocale( "German" );
writeOutput( getlocale() );
dump( dateTimeFormat( now() ) );
dump( LSdateTimeFormat( now() ) );
dump( numberFormat( n ) );
dump( LSnumberFormat( n ) );

```

## Related

* [ClearLocale](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/clearlocale)
* [CurrencyFormat](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/currencyformat)
* [GetLocaleDisplayName](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/getlocaledisplayname)
* [GetLocaleInfo](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/getlocaleinfo)
* [IsCurrency](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/iscurrency)
* [LSCurrencyFormat](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/lscurrencyformat)
* [LSIsCurrency](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/lsiscurrency)
* [LSParseCurrency](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/lsparsecurrency)
* [ParseCurrency](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/parsecurrency)
* [SetLocale](https://boxlang.ortusbooks.com/boxlang-language/reference/built-in-functions/i18n/setlocale)


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