locale.getdefaultlocale()
locale.getdefaultlocale() is a Python function in the Locale Module category. Returns the default locale from environment variables. The syntax is locale.getdefaultlocale(envvars=("LANG", "LC_ALL", "LC_TYPE")). Returns: (language, encoding) or None. A typical example: locale.getdefaultlocale() # ("en_US", "UTF-8"). A close sibling is locale.setlocale(), which sets the locale for a category (LC_ALL, LC_TIME, LC_NUMERIC, etc.). A close sibling is locale.getlocale(), which returns the current locale setting as (language, encoding). A close sibling is locale.strcoll(), which compares two strings according to the current LC_COLLATE locale. A close sibling is locale.strxfrm(), which transforms a string to one that can be used in locale-aware comparisons. More about this category: Internationalization — setlocale, getlocale, currency, strcoll. Related Locale Module entries: locale.setlocale(), locale.getlocale(), locale.strcoll(), locale.strxfrm(), locale.format_string(), locale.currency(). This page is part of the free Python Reference documentation covering 978+ functions, methods, and modules with examples and parameter details.