.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: GetLocaleInfo

.. _getlocaleinfo:

GetLocaleInfo
=============

.. us.tag  GetLocaleInfo ENGLISH New310

:ref:`GetLocaleInfo` retrieves information about a locale (User Default Country
Setting).

.. function::  ssInfo = GetLocaleInfo(nInfo)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssInfo* is a scalar string with the country setting value.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: nInfo

   Identifies the locale information. It can be one of the values below. More
   values can be found in the VC++ header file WINNLS.H.

   .. list-table::
      :header-rows: 1

      * - Value
        - Meaning
      * - 0x000E
        - decimal separator
      * - 0x0002
        - localized name of language
      * - 0x001D
        - date separator
      * - 0x001E
        - time separator
      * - 0x000C
        - list item separator
      * - 0x001F
        - short date format string
      * - 0x0020
        - long date format string
      * - 0x1003
        - time format string

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   * GetLocaleInfo(0x001F)
   d.M.yy.
   * GetLocaleInfo(0x000E),

.. seealso::
   :ref:`DT_SetLocale`

:sub:`id-616163`