os-locale

Get the system locale

by sindresorhus

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231 stars 42 forks 18 contributorsQuiet · 6mo agoSince 2015 v8.0.0MIT

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support Apple LanguagesClosedIssue

locale is not enough, such as means two languages and . macOS shell:

shaunthegeek · 6mo ago

os-locale calls wmic with no extension and without explicit pathClosedIssue

Our Windows app that uses os-locale has been flagged as a security risk because it will launch any file named "wmic", regardless of extension, and the file can be anywhere on the PATH, including the app's own directory. It could be a vbs file, for example. The suggested secure way (if you have to use wmic): 1. Always use the exe extension. 2. Always use the full standard path to wmic.exe.

stuartbrussell-intuit · 6mo ago

How to read `LC_TIME` with this lib?ClosedIssue

Is that even possible? If not, are you interested in implementing this? It can often be the case that users set a LC_TIME value differently than , , or .

maninak · 2y ago

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Repository: sindresorhus/os-locale. Description: Get the system locale Stars: 231, Forks: 42. Primary language: JavaScript. Languages: JavaScript (95.8%), TypeScript (4.2%). License: MIT. Latest release: v8.0.0 (6mo ago). Open PRs: 0, open issues: 0. Last activity: 6mo ago. Community health: 85%. Top contributors: sindresorhus, fregante, kevva, artursvonda, coreyfarrell, danielhusar, BendingBender, jvdm, jeffal, Helium-Z and others.