The SET_LOCALE function takes a given datetime input and returns that datetime formatted to match a particular locale. This function is written in the form SET_LOCALE(datetime, 'locale modifier'), in which the locale modifier can be something like 'en-nz' (New Zealand English), 'tzm' (Amazigh/Berber), or 'zh-tw' (Traditional Chinese).
Locale modifiers can change a number of different aspects of a datetime, including:
- Numerical digits: for certain locales not using West Arabic numerical digits, numerical digits will be converted, e.g. for 'ar' (Arabic), 1 => ٢.
- Script directionality: for locales using scripts that are written right-to-left, e.g. 'he' (Hebrew), the datetime will change direction accordingly.
- Month and weekday names: month/weekday names will be changed to reflect the locale's language, e.g. for 'es' (Spanish), Wednesday => Miércoles.
- Long date format: Long datetimes will be formatted according to the preferred format of the locale, e.g. for 'en-gb' (British English), 'MMMM D, YYYY h:mm A' => 'D MMMM YYYY HH:mm'.
The following is a table of the supported locale modifiers. The examples here use the DATETIME_FORMAT function to better show what each locale modifier does; please see this support article for an explanation of the DATETIME_FORMAT function and this support article for an explanation of the format specifiers used in the DATETIME_FORMAT function.
| Locale modifier | Description | Example(s) |
| af | Afrikaans |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'af'), 'LLLL') => Woensdag, 8 Junie 2016 20:22 |
| ar-ma | Moroccan Arabic |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ar-ma'), 'LLLL') => الأربعاء 8 يونيو 2016 20:22 |
| ar-sa | Arabic (Saudi Arabia) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ar-sa'), 'LLLL') => الأربعاء ٨ يونيو ٢٠١٦ ٢٠:٢٢ |
| ar-tn | Tunisian Arabic |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ar-tn'), 'LLLL') => الأربعاء 8 جوان 2016 20:22 |
| ar | Arabic |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ar'), 'LLLL') => الأربعاء ٨ حزيران يونيو ٢٠١٦ ٢٠:٢٢ |
| az | Azerbaijani |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'az'), 'LLLL') => Çərşənbə, 8 iyun 2016 20:22 |
| be | Belarusian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'be'), 'LLLL') => серада, 8 чэрвеня 2016 г., 20:22 |
| bg | Bulgarian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'bg'), 'LLLL') => сряда, 8 юни 2016 20:22 |
| bn | Bengali |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'bn'), 'LLLL') => বুধবার, ৮ জুন ২০১৬, রাত ৮:২২ সময় |
| bo | Tibetan |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'bo'), 'LLLL') => གཟའ་ལྷག་པ་, ༨ ཟླ་བ་དྲུག་པ ༢༠༡༦, མཚན་མོ ༨:༢༢ |
| br | Breton |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'br'), 'LLLL') => Merc'her, 8 a viz Mezheven 2016 8e22 PM |
| bs | Bosnian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'bs'), 'LLLL') => srijeda, 8. juni 2016 20:22 |
| ca | Catalan |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ca'), 'LLLL') => dimecres 8 juny 2016 20:22 |
| cs | Czech |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'cs'), 'LLLL') => středa 8. červen 2016 20:22 |
| cv | Chuvash |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'cv'), 'LLLL') => юнкун, 2016 ҫулхи ҫӗртме уйӑхӗн 8-мӗшӗ, 20:22 |
| cy | Welsh |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'cy'), 'LLLL') => Dydd Mercher, 8 Mehefin 2016 20:22 |
| da | Danish |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'da'), 'LLLL') => onsdag d. 8. juni 2016 20:22 |
| de-at | Austrian German |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'de-at'), 'LLLL') => Dienstag, 12. Jänner 2016 18:48 |
| de | German |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'de'), 'LLLL') => Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 18:48 |
| el | Modern Greek |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'el'), 'LLLL') => Τετάρτη, 8 Ιουνίου 2016 8:22 ΜΜ |
| en-au | Australian English |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'en-au'), 'LLL') => 8 June 2016 8:22 PM |
| en-ca | Canadian English |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'en-ca'), 'LLL') => 8 June, 2016 8:22 PM |
| en-gb | British English |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'en-gb'), 'LLL') => 8 June 2016 20:22 |
| en-ie | Irish English |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'en-ie'), 'LLL') => June 8, 2016 8:22 PM |
| en-nz | New Zealand English |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'en-nz'), 'LLL') => June 8, 2016 8:22 PM |
| eo | Esperanto |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'eo'), 'LLLL') => Merkredo, la 8-an de junio, 2016 20:22 |
| es | Spanish |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'es'), 'LLLL') => Miércoles, 8 de Junio de 2016 20:22 |
| et | Estonian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'et'), 'LLLL') => kolmapäev, 8. juuni 2016 20:22 |
| eu | Euskara (Basque) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'eu'), 'LLLL') => asteazkena, 2016ko ekainaren 8a 20:22 |
| fa | Persian (Farsi) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'fa'), 'LLLL') => چهارشنبه، ۸ ژوئن ۲۰۱۶ ۲۰:۲۲ |
| fi | Finnish |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'fi'), 'LLLL') => keskiviikko, 8. kesäkuuta 2016, klo 20.22 |
| fo | Faroese |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'fo'), 'LLLL') => mikudagur 8. juni, 2016 20:22 |
| fr-ca | Canadian French |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'fr-ca'), 'LLLL') => mercredi 8 juin 2016 20:22 |
| fr-ch | Swiss French |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'fr-ch'), 'LLLL') => mercredi 8 juin 2016 20:22 |
| fr | French |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'fr'), 'LLLL') => mercredi 8 juin 2016 20:22 |
| fy | Frisian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'fy'), 'LLLL') => woansdei 8 juny 2016 20:22 |
| gl | Galician |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'gl'), 'LLLL') => Mércores 8 Xuño 2016 20:22 |
| he | Hebrew |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'he'), 'LLLL') => רביעי, 8 ביוני 2016 20:22 |
| hi | Hindi |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'hi'), 'LLLL') => बुधवार, ८ जून २०१६, रात ८:२२ बजे |
| hr | Hrvatski (Croatian) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'hr'), 'LLLL') => 2016. június 8., szerda 20:22 |
| hu | Hungarian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'hu'), 'LLLL') => 2016. június 8., szerda 20:22 |
| hy-am | Armenian (Hayeren) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'hy-am'), 'LLLL') => չորեքշաբթի, 8 հունիսի 2016 թ., 20:22 |
| id | Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'id'), 'LLLL') => Rabu, 8 Juni 2016 pukul 20.22 |
| is | Icelandic |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'is'), 'LLLL') => miðvikudagur, 8. júní 2016 kl. 20:22 |
| it | Italian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'it'), 'LLLL') => Mercoledì, 8 giugno 2016 20:22 |
| ja | Japanese |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ja'), 'LLLL') => 2016年6月8日午後8時22分 水曜日 |
| jv | Boso Jowo (Javanese) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'jv'), 'LLLL') => Rebu, 8 Juni 2016 pukul 20.22 |
| ka | Georgian (Kartuli) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ka'), 'LLLL') => ოთხშაბათი, 8 ივნისი 2016 8:22 PM |
| km | Khmer |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'km'), 'LLLL') => ពុធ, 8 មិថុនា 2016 20:22 |
| ko | Korean |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ko'), 'LLLL') => 2016년 6월 8일 수요일 오후 8시 22분 |
| lb | Luxembourgish |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'lb'), 'LLLL') => Mëttwoch, 8. Juni 2016 20:22 Auer |
| lt | Lithuanian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'lt'), 'LLLL') => 2016 m. birželis 8 d., trečiadienis, 20:22 val. |
| lv | Latvian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'lv'), 'LLLL') => 2016. gada 8. jūnijs, trešdiena, 20:22 |
| me | Montenegrin |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'me'), 'LLLL') => srijeda, 8. jun 2016 20:22 |
| mk | Macedonian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'mk'), 'LLLL') => среда, 8 јуни 2016 20:22 |
| ml | Malayalam (Kairali) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ml'), 'LLLL') => ബുധനാഴ്ച, 8 ജൂൺ 2016, രാത്രി 8:22 -നു |
| mr | Marathi |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'mr'), 'LLLL') => बुधवार, ८ जून २०१६, रात्री ८:२२ वाजता |
| ms | Bahasa Malaysia (Standard Malay) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ms'), 'LLLL') => Rabu, 8 Jun 2016 pukul 20.22 |
| my | Burmese |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'my'), 'LLLL') => ဗုဒ္ဓဟူး ၈ ဇွန် ၂၀၁၆ ၂၀:၂၂ |
| nb | Norwegian Bokmål |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'nb'), 'LLLL') => onsdag 8. juni 2016 kl. 20.22 |
| ne | Nepali |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ne'), 'LLLL') => बुधबार, ८ जुन २०१६, रातीको ८:२२ बजे |
| nl | Dutch |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'nl'), 'LLLL') => woensdag 8 juni 2016 20:22 |
| nn | Norwegian Nynorsk |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'nn'), 'LLLL') => onsdag 8 juni 2016 20:22 |
| pl | Polish |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'pl'), 'LLLL') => środa, 8 czerwca 2016 20:22 |
| pt-br | Brazilian Portuguese |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'pt-br'), 'LLLL') => Quarta-Feira, 8 de Junho de 2016 às 20:22 |
| pt | Portuguese |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'pt'), 'LLLL') => Quarta-Feira, 8 de Junho de 2016 20:22 |
| ro | Romanian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ro'), 'LLLL') => miercuri, 8 iunie 2016 20:22 |
| ru | Russian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ru'), 'LLLL') => среда, 8 июня 2016 г., 20:22 |
| si | Sinhala (Sinhalese) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'si'), 'LLLL') => 2016 ජූනි 8 වැනි බදාදා, ප.ව. 8:22:02 |
| sk | Slovak |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'sk'), 'LLLL') => streda 8. jún 2016 20:22 |
| sl | Slovenian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'sl'), 'LLLL') => sreda, 8. junij 2016 20:22 |
| sq | Albanian (Shqip) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'sq'), 'LLLL') => E Mërkurë, 8 Qershor 2016 20:22 |
| sr-cyrl | Serbian Cyrillic |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'sr-cyrl'), 'LLLL') => среда, 8. јун 2016 20:22 |
| sr | Serbian Latin |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'sr'), 'LLLL') => sreda, 8. jun 2016 20:22 |
| sv | Swedish |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'sv'), 'LLLL') => onsdag 8 juni 2016 20:22 |
| ta | Tamil |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'ta'), 'LLLL') => புதன்கிழமை, 8 ஜூன் 2016, 20:22 |
| th | Thai |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'th'), 'LLLL') => วันพุธที่ 8 มิถุนายน 2016 เวลา 20 นาฬิกา 22 นาที |
| tl-ph | Tagalog/Filipino |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'tl-ph'), 'LLLL') => Miyerkules, Hunyo 08, 2016 20:22 |
| tr | Turkish |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'tr'), 'LLLL') => Çarşamba, 8 Haziran 2016 20:22 |
| tzl | Talossan |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'tzl'), 'LLLL') => Márcuri, li 8. Gün dallas 2016 20.22 |
| tzm-latn | Morocco Central Atlas Tamaziɣt (Amazigh/Berber) in Latin |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'tzm-latn'), 'LLLL') => akras 8 ywnyw 2016 20:22 |
| tzm | Morocco Central Atlas Tamaziɣt (Amazigh/Berber) |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'tzm'), 'LLLL') => ⴰⴽⵔⴰⵙ 8 ⵢⵓⵏⵢⵓ 2016 20:22 |
| uk | Ukrainian |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'uk'), 'LLLL') => середа, 8 червня 2016 р., 20:22 |
| uz | Uzbek |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'uz'), 'LLLL') => 8 июнь 2016, Чоршанба 20:22 |
| vi | Vietnamese |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'vi'), 'LLLL') => thứ tư, 8 tháng 6 năm 2016 20:22 |
| zh-cn | Simplified Chinese |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'zh-cn'), 'LLLL') => 2016年6月8日星期三晚上8点22分 |
| zh-tw | Traditional Chinese |
DATETIME_FORMAT(SET_LOCALE({Date Field}, 'zh-tw'), 'LLLL') => 2016年6月8日星期三晚上8點22分 |