Locales

Locales

Locales control the localisation aspects of your Totara install, ensuring that the date/time displayed in the system matches with the language you have installed and activated. This means that if you (or a user) switch their preferred language in Totara from one to another then all of the times and dates within the system (such as for activities) will also be changed to match that languages formatting (e.g. US English language pack will match with US date formatting). 

Available locales

package_name

lang_name

locale

localewin

localewincharset

package_name

lang_name

locale

localewin

localewincharset

ar_utf8

Arabic

ar_SA.UTF-8

Arabic_Saudi Arabia.1256

WINDOWS-1256

bg_utf8

Bulgarian

bg_BG.UTF-8

Bulgarian_Bulgaria.1251

WINDOWS-1251

zh_cn_utf8

Chinese (Simplified)

zh_CN.UTF-8

Chinese_China.936

CP936

zh_tw_utf8

Chinese (Traditional)

zh_TW.UTF-8

Chinese_Taiwan.950

CP950

hr_utf8

Croatian

hr_HR.UTF-8

Croatian_Croatia.1250

WINDOWS-1250

cs_utf8

Czech

cs_CZ.UTF-8

Czech_Czech Republic.1250

WINDOWS-1250

da_utf8

Danish

da_DK.UTF-8

Danish_Denmark.1252

WINDOWS-1252

nl_utf8

Dutch

nl_NL.UTF-8

Dutch_Netherlands.1252

WINDOWS-1252

en_utf8

English

en.UTF-8

English_Australia.1252

-empty string-

en_us_utf8

English (US)

-parent en_utf8 used-

-parent en_utf8 used-

-parent en_utf8 used-

et_utf8

Estonian

et_EE.UTF-8

Estonian_Estonia.1257

WINDOWS-1257

fa_utf8

Farsi

fa_IR.UTF-8

Farsi_Iran.1256

WINDOWS-1256

fi_utf8

Finnish

fi_FI.UTF-8

Finnish_Finland.1252

WINDOWS-1252

fr_utf8

French

fr_FR.UTF-8 or
fr_CH.UTF-8 or
fr_BE.UTF-8

French_France.1252

WINDOWS-1252

de_utf8

German

de_DE.UTF-8

German_Germany.1252

WINDOWS-1252

el_utf8

Greek

el_GR.UTF-8

Greek_Greece.1253

WINDOWS-1253

he_utf8

Hebrew

he_IL.utf8

Hebrew_Israel.1255

WINDOWS-1255

hi_utf8

Hindi

hi_IN.UTF-8

Hindi.65001

-empty string-

hu_utf8

Hungarian

hu.UTF-8

Hungarian_Hungary.1250

WINDOWS-1250

id_utf8

Indonesian

id_ID.UTF-8

Indonesian_indonesia.1252

WINDOWS-1252

it_utf8

Italian

it_IT.UTF-8

Italian_Italy.1252

WINDOWS-1252

ja_utf8

Japanese

ja_JP.UTF-8

Japanese_Japan.932

CP932

lt_utf8

Lithuanian

lt_LT.UTF-8

Lithuanian_Lithuania.1257

WINDOWS-1257

lv_utf8

Latvian

lat.UTF-8

Latvian_Latvia.1257

WINDOWS-1257

no_utf8

Norwegian

no_NO.UTF-8

Norwegian_Norway.1252

WINDOWS-1252

pl_utf8

Polish

pl.UTF-8

Polish_Poland.1250

WINDOWS-1250

pt_utf8

Portuguese

pt_PT.UTF-8

Portuguese_Portugal.1252

WINDOWS-1252

pt_br_utf8

Portuguese (Brazil)

pt_BR.UTF-8

Portuguese_Brazil.1252

WINDOWS-1252

ro_utf8

Romanian

ro_RO.UTF-8

Romanian_Romania.1250

WINDOWS-1250

ru_utf8

Russian

ru_RU.UTF-8

Russian_Russia.1251

WINDOWS-1251

sr_utf8

Serbian

sr_CS.UTF-8

Bosnian(Cyrillic)

WINDOWS-1251

sk_utf8

Slovak

sk_SK.UTF-8

Slovak_Slovakia.1250

WINDOWS-1250

sl_utf8

Slovenian

sl_SI.UTF-8

Slovenian_Slovenia.1250

WINDOWS-1250

es_utf8

Spanish (International)

es_ES.UTF-8

Spanish_Spain.1252

WINDOWS-1252

sv_utf8

Swedish

sv_SE.UTF-8

Swedish_Sweden.1252

WINDOWS-1252

th_utf8

Thai

th_TH.UTF-8

Thai_Thailand.874

WINDOWS-874

tr_utf8

Turkish

tr_TR.UTF-8

Turkish_Turkey.1254

WINDOWS-1254