LC_ALL, LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE, LC_MONETARY, LC_NUMERIC, LC_TIME

 

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Technical Specifications

 

Localizations library

Locales and facets
locale
use_facet	has_facet
Character classification
isspace isblank (C++11) iscntrl isupper islower isalpha	isdigit ispunct isxdigit isalnum isprint isgraph
Conversions
toupper tolower	wstring_convert (C++11) wbuffer_convert (C++11)
Facet category base classes
ctype_base codecvt_base messages_base	time_base money_base
Facet categories
ctype ctype<char> codecvt collate messages time_get time_put	num_get num_put numpunct money_get money_put moneypunct
Locale-specific facets
ctype_byname codecvt_byname messages_byname collate_byname	time_get_byname time_put_byname numpunct_byname moneypunct_byname
Code conversion facets
codecvt_utf8 (C++11) codecvt_utf16 (C++11)	codecvt_utf8_utf16 (C++11) codecvt_mode (C++11)
C locale
setlocale localeconv lconv	LC_ALLLC_COLLATELC_CTYPELC_MONETARYLC_NUMERICLC_TIME

 

Defined in header <clocale>
#define LC_ALL      /*implementation defined*/
#define LC_COLLATE  /*implementation defined*/
#define LC_CTYPE    /*implementation defined*/
#define LC_MONETARY /*implementation defined*/
#define LC_NUMERIC  /*implementation defined*/
#define LC_TIME     /*implementation defined*/

Each of the above macro constants expand to integer constant expressions with distinct values that are suitable for use as the first argument of std::setlocale.

Constant	Explanation
LC_ALL	selects the entire C locale
LC_COLLATE	selects the collation category of the C locale
LC_CTYPE	selects the character classification category of the C locale
LC_MONETARY	selects the monetary formatting category of the C locale
LC_NUMERIC	selects the numeric formatting category of the C locale
LC_TIME	selects the time formatting category of the C locale

Additional macro constants, with names that begin with LC_ followed by at least one uppercase letter, may be defined in <clocale>. For example, the POSIX specification requires LC_MESSAGES (which controls std::perror and std::strerror) and the GNU C library additionally defines LC_PAPER, LC_NAME, LC_ADDRESS, LC_TELEPHONE, LC_MEASUREMENT, and LC_IDENTIFICATION.

Example

Run this code

#include <cstdio>
#include <clocale>
#include <ctime>
#include <cwchar>
 
int main()
{
    std::setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US.UTF-8"); // the C locale will be the UTF-8 enabled English
    std::setlocale(LC_NUMERIC, "de_DE");   // decimal dot will be German
    std::setlocale(LC_TIME, "ja_JP");      // date/time formatting will be Japanese
    wchar_t str[100];
    std::time_t t = std::time(nullptr);
    std::wcsftime(str, 100, L"%A %c", std::localtime(&t));
    std::wprintf(L"Number: %.2f\nDate: %Ls\n", 3.14, str);
}

Output:

Number: 3,14
Date: 月曜日 2011年12月19日 18時04分40秒

See also

setlocale	gets and sets the current C locale (function)
locale	set of polymorphic facets that encapsulate cultural differences (class)
C documentation for locale categories