<s>
In	O
computing	O
,	O
a	O
locale	B-Device
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
parameters	O
that	O
defines	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
language	O
,	O
region	O
and	O
any	O
special	O
variant	O
preferences	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
wants	O
to	O
see	O
in	O
their	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Usually	O
a	O
locale	B-Device
identifier	O
consists	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
a	O
language	O
code	O
and	O
a	O
country/region	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Locale	B-Device
is	O
an	O
important	O
aspect	O
of	O
i18n	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
locale	B-Device
settings	O
are	O
about	O
formatting	O
output	O
given	O
a	O
locale	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
,	O
the	O
time	O
zone	O
information	O
and	O
daylight	O
saving	O
time	O
are	O
not	O
usually	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
locale	B-Device
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
usually	O
defined	O
with	O
just	O
ISO	O
639	O
(	O
language	O
)	O
and	O
ISO	B-Language
3166-1	I-Language
alpha-2	I-Language
(	O
2-letter	O
country	O
)	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
POSIX	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
others	O
,	O
locale	B-Device
identifiers	O
are	O
defined	O
by	O
ISO/IEC	O
15897	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
BCP	O
47	O
definition	O
of	O
language	O
tags	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
locale	B-Device
variant	O
modifier	O
is	O
defined	O
differently	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
character	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
is	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
identifier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
next	O
example	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
output	O
of	O
command	O
locale	B-Device
for	O
Czech	O
language	O
(	O
cs	B-Language
)	O
,	O
Czech	O
Republic	O
(	O
CZ	O
)	O
with	O
explicit	O
UTF-8	O
encoding	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
locale	B-Device
identifier	O
(	O
LCID	B-Device
)	O
for	O
unmanaged	O
code	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
is	O
a	O
number	O
such	O
as	O
1033	O
for	O
English	O
(	O
United	O
States	O
)	O
or	O
1041	O
for	O
Japanese	O
(	O
Japan	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
is	O
starting	O
to	O
introduce	O
managed	O
code	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
(	O
APIs	B-Application
)	O
for	O
.NET	B-Application
that	O
use	O
this	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
be	O
generally	O
released	O
is	O
a	O
function	O
to	O
mitigate	O
issues	O
with	O
internationalized	B-Language
domain	I-Language
names	I-Language
,	O
but	O
more	O
are	O
in	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
Beta	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
new	O
functions	O
that	O
use	O
BCP	O
47	O
locale	B-Device
names	O
have	O
been	O
introduced	O
to	O
replace	O
nearly	O
all	O
LCID-based	O
APIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
