docs/en/2.4.0/cordova/globalization/globalization.md

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Globalization
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The `globalization` object obtains information and performs operations specific to the user's locale and timezone.

Objects
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- GlobalizationError

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

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

Permissions
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### Android

#### app/res/xml/config.xml

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