SetLocale(new_locale)

Sets the locale to the specified new locale for the current session.

Note: SetLocale returns the old locale in case it needs to be restored.

See also GetLocale.

new_locale

The name of the locale you want to set.

Locale support

ColdFusion can be expected to support the following locales in a default Windows NT installation:

Locales Supported by ColdFusion
Dutch (Belgian) French (Canadian) Norwegian (Bokmal)
Dutch (Standard) French (Standard) Norwegian (Nynorsk)
English (Australian) French (Swiss) Portuguese (Brazilian)
English (Canadian) German (Austrian) Portuguese (Standard)
English (New Zealand) German (Standard) Spanish (Mexican)
English (UK) German (Swiss) Spanish (Modern)
English (US) Italian (Standard) Spanish (Standard)
French (Belgian) Italian (Swiss) Swedish

Note:

The variable Server.ColdFusion.SupportedLocales is initialized at startup with a comma-delimited list of the locales that ColdFusion and the operating system support. GetLocale( ) will return an entry from that list. SetLocale will fail if called with a locale name not on that list.