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Globalization

Obtains information and performs operations specific to the user's locale and timezone.

Objects

GlobalizationError

Methods

globalization.getPreferredLanguage
globalization.getLocaleName
globalization.dateToString
globalization.stringToDate
globalization.getDatePattern
globalization.getDateNames
globalization.isDayLightSavingsTime
globalization.getFirstDayOfWeek
globalization.numberToString
globalization.stringToNumber
globalization.getNumberPattern
globalization.getCurrencyPattern

Variable Scope

The globalization object is a child of the navigator object, and therefore has global scope.

// The global globalization object
var globalization = navigator.globalization;

Permissions

Android

app/res/xml/config.xml

<plugin name="Globalization" value="org.apache.cordova.Globalization" />