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os-locale

Get the system locale

Useful for localizing your module or app.

POSIX systems: The returned locale refers to the LC_MESSAGE category, suitable for selecting the language used in the user interface for message translation.

Install

$ npm install os-locale

Usage

import {osLocale} from 'os-locale';

console.log(await osLocale());
//=> 'en-US'

API

osLocale(options?)

Returns a Promise for the locale.

osLocaleSync(options?)

Returns the locale.

options

Type: object

spawn

Type: boolean
Default: true

Set to false to avoid spawning subprocesses and instead only resolve the locale from environment variables.

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