setlocale() - Time Date Function

setlocale() date function is used to set / retrieve the locale settings for the program execution. If it is null, it returns a pointer to the current localization string. Following table lists the macros of the specified type.

Macro	Descrption
LC_ALL	Refers all localization categories.
LC_COLLATE	Affects the operation of strcoll() function.
LC_CTYPE	Alters the way the character functions work.
LC_MONETARY	Determines the monetary format.
LC_NUMERIC	Changes the decimal point character for formatted I/O functions.
LC_TIME	Determine the functioning of strftime() function.

Syntax:

Example :

#include <stdio.h> #include <locale.h> int main () { struct lconv * st; st=localeconv(); printf ("Locale is: %s\n", setlocale(LC_ALL,NULL) ); printf ("Currency symbol is: %s\n-\n",st->currency_symbol, setlocale (LC_ALL,"French") ); return 0; }

Result :
In the above example "setlocale()" is used to set / retrieve the locale setting of france, so that the french currency symbol is displayed.