Specifies how the platform displays information that can be different based on your
location, such as your time zone.
The Localization section contains the following settings:
- Language
- Select the language used to display interface text and messages.
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Note: Currently, the only language option is English.
- Time zone
- Select the time zone used for the date and time on reports.
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The options are presented as offsets to the Greenwich Mean Time.
For example, New York is in the Eastern Time Zone of the United States,
and Eastern Standard Time (EST) is five hours behind Greenwich Mean
Time. Therefore, the appropriate selection for New York is
GMT-5.
- Region format
- Select the desired format for dates and times.
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This setting determines the order in which dates are presented (or
downloaded as formatted values), when using the date,
date4y, and datehms24 display
formats as well as how numbers (i.e., integers and decimals) are
displayed. Region format options include the following:
|
Date |
Date+Time |
Integer |
Decimal |
| USA |
MM/DD/YY |
MM/DD/YY_HH:MM:SS |
10,000 |
0.001 |
| Europe |
DD.MM.YY |
DD.MM.YY_HH:MM:SS |
10.000 |
0,001 |
| United Kingdom |
DD/MM/YY |
DD/MM/YY_HH:MM:SS |
10,000 |
0.001 |
| ANSI |
YYYY-MM-DD |
YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS |
10,000 |
0.001 |
Users can change their localization settings in the User
Profile. For more information, see Change your user settings.
