## Locale Support Locale Support |

## Functions

gboolean | go_locale_24h ()
char const * | go_locale_boolean_name ()
char | go_locale_get_arg_sep ()
char | go_locale_get_col_sep ()
GString const * | go_locale_get_currency ()
GString const * | go_locale_get_date_format ()
GString const * | go_locale_get_decimal ()
char | go_locale_get_row_sep ()
GString const * | go_locale_get_thousand ()
GString const * | go_locale_get_time_format ()
int | go_locale_month_before_day ()
void | go_locale_untranslated_booleans ()
char const * | go_setlocale ()

## Description

## Functions

### go_locale_24h ()

    gboolean
    go_locale_24h (void);

Checks if the current locale uses a 24h clock.

#### Returns

`TRUE` if the locale uses a 24h clock, `FALSE` otherwise.

### go_locale_boolean_name ()

    char const *
    go_locale_boolean_name (gboolean b);

Current locale's rendering of `b` .

#### Parameters

b | a boolean value |

#### Returns

the rendering of `b` .

[transfer none]

### go_locale_get_arg_sep ()

    char
    go_locale_get_arg_sep (void);

#### Returns

the argument separator for the current locale.

### go_locale_get_col_sep ()

    char
    go_locale_get_col_sep (void);

#### Returns

the column separator for the current locale.

### go_locale_get_currency ()

    GString const *
    go_locale_get_currency (gboolean *precedes,
                            gboolean *space_sep);

Current locale's currency symbol.

#### Parameters

precedes | (allow-none): `TRUE` if the currency symbol precedes the value. | [out]
space_sep | (allow-none): `TRUE` if the currency symbol is separated by a space. | [out]

#### Returns

the currency symbol.

[transfer none]

### go_locale_get_date_format ()

    GString const *
    go_locale_get_date_format (void);

Current locale's date format as a string.

#### Returns

the date format.

[transfer none]

### go_locale_get_decimal ()

    GString const *
    go_locale_get_decimal (void);

Current locale's decimal separator.

#### Returns

the decimal separator.

[transfer none]

### go_locale_get_row_sep ()

    char
    go_locale_get_row_sep (void);

#### Returns

the row separator for the current locale.

### go_locale_get_thousand ()

    GString const *
    go_locale_get_thousand (void);

Current locale's thousands separator. This may be an empty string.

#### Returns

the thousands separator.

[transfer none]

### go_locale_get_time_format ()

    GString const *
    go_locale_get_time_format (void);

Current locale's time format as a string.

#### Returns

the time format.

[transfer none]

### go_locale_month_before_day ()

    int
    go_locale_month_before_day (void);

A quick utility routine to guess whether the default date format uses day/month or month/day.

#### Returns

0 if locale uses day before month, 1 if locale uses month before day, or 2 if locale uses year before month.

### go_locale_untranslated_booleans ()

    void
    go_locale_untranslated_booleans (void);

Short circuit the current locale so that we can import files and still produce error messages in the current LC_MESSAGE.

### go_setlocale ()

    char const *
    go_setlocale (int category,
                  char const *val);

This is a wrapper around setlocale that also invalidates any cached locale information.

#### Parameters

category | locale category (like LC_ALL) |
val | locale name. | [nullable]

#### Returns

a string representation of the locale set. This may or may not be identical to `val` .

[transfer none][nullable]