Locale Setting
BC Project: FY19-01
Date of Policy: 02 Sep 2020
Last Updated: 21 Oct 2021 (see Revision Log)
A locale is a set of language and cultural rules on a computer system. These cover aspects such as language for messages, different character sets, lexicographic conventions, and so on. A program needs to be able to determine its locale and act accordingly in order to improve portability. One of the more obvious effects of a locale setting is the order in which file name listings and other character strings are sorted.
Each system sets a default locale that applies to all user login and runtime environments. In order to provide standard locale behavior, the participating centers shall set the user environment locale to the "en_US.UTF-8" value on all user-accessible nodes of the individual systems.
| Date | Revision |
|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2021 | BC Team Audit. Removed language specifying optional applicability for systems older than TI-19. All currently deployed systems are compliant. |
| 02 Sep 2020 | Initial version |