locale.getlocale()
locale.getlocale() is a Python function in the Locale Module category. Returns the current locale setting as (language, encoding). The syntax is locale.getlocale(category=LC_CTYPE). Returns: (language, encoding) tuple. A typical example: locale.getlocale() # ("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.getdefaultlocale(), which returns the default locale from environment variables. 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.getdefaultlocale(), 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. You can try locale.getlocale() immediately in the Python playground, look up unfamiliar terms in the glossary, or return to the Python Reference homepage.