Get the system locale
[!NOTE] You may want
new Intl.DateTimeFormat().resolvedOptions().localeinstead. This package is useful for CLI tools as it also reads locale from environment variables (LC_ALL,LC_MESSAGES,LANG,LANGUAGE), which the Intl API does not fully support (it only respectsLC_ALL).
Useful for localizing your module or app.
POSIX systems: The returned locale refers to the LC_MESSAGES category, suitable for selecting the language used in the user interface for message translation.
npm install os-locale
import osLocale from 'os-locale';
console.log(osLocale());
//=> 'en-US'
Returns the locale.
The system-locale package also provides functionality to detect the system's locale. It is similar to os-locale but does not offer a synchronous method, which might make os-locale preferable in scenarios where immediate locale detection is necessary without the complexities of asynchronous code.
Locale2 is another npm package that can be used to get the user's locale. Unlike os-locale, locale2 also tries to detect the locale from the browser environment when used in web contexts, making it a more versatile choice for projects that span both node and browser environments.
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Get the system locale
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