Globalization in Angular Timepicker component
27 Apr 20249 minutes to read
Globalization is the combination of internationalization and localization. You can adapt the component to various languages by means of parsing and formatting the date or number internationalization
and also add culture specific customization and translation to the text localization
.
By default, the time format and meridian names are specific to the American English
culture. It utilizes the Essential JavaScript 2 Internationalization
package to parse and format the date object based on the culture by using the official UNICODE CLDR
JSON data. It provides the loadCldr
method to load culture specific CLDR JSON data. To go with the different culture other than English
, follow the steps below.
- Install the
CLDR-Data
package by using the following command (it installs all the CLDR JSON data.
To known more about CLDR-Data refer theCLDR-Data
link.
npm install cldr-data --save
-
Once the package installed, you can find the culture specific JSON data under the location
/node_modules/cldr-data
. -
Now import the installed CLDR JSON data into the
app.component.ts
file. -
Now use the
loadCldr
method to load the culture specific CLDR JSON data from the installed location toapp.component.ts
file. -
TimePicker displayed
Sunday
as the first day of week based on default culture (“en-US”). If you want to display the TimePicker with loaded culture’s first day of week, you need to importweekdata.json
file from thecldr-data/suppemental
as given in the code example.
import { loadCldr } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
declare var require: any;
loadCldr(
require('cldr-data/supplemental/numberingSystems.json'),
require('cldr-data/main/de/ca-gregorian.json'),
require('cldr-data/main/de/numbers.json'),
require('cldr-data/supplemental/weekdata.json') // To load the culture based first day of week
);
- Before changing to a culture other than
English
, ensure that the locale text for the concerned culture is loaded throughL10n.load
method.
//Load the L10n from ej2-base
import { L10n } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
//load the locale object to set the localized placeholder value
L10n.load({
'de': {
'timepicker': { placeholder: 'Wählen Sie Zeit' }
}
});
- Set the culture by using the
locale
property. In the following code example, the TimePicker component is initialized inGerman
culture with corresponding localized text.
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { L10n, loadCldr } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
//enable ripple style
enableRipple(true);
declare var require: any;
loadCldr(
require('cldr-data/supplemental/numberingSystems.json'),
require('cldr-data/main/de/ca-gregorian.json'),
require('cldr-data/main/de/numbers.json')
);
@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
template: `
<ejs-timepicker [locale]='culture'></ejs-timepicker>
`
})
export class AppComponent {
public culture: string = 'de';
constructor() {}
ngOnInit(): void {
L10n.load({
'de': {
'timepicker': { placeholder: 'Wählen Sie Zeit' }
}
});
}
}
The following sample demonstrate the TimePicker component in German
culture.
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TimePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { loadCldr, L10n } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
// Here we have referred local json files for preview purpose
import * as numberingSystems from './numberingSystems.json';
import * as gregorian from './ca-gregorian.json';
import * as numbers from './numbers.json';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
//enable ripple style
enableRipple(true);
loadCldr(numberingSystems, gregorian, numbers);
@Component({
imports: [
TimePickerModule
],
standalone: true,
selector: 'app-root',
template: `
<ejs-timepicker [locale]='locale' [value]='dateValue'></ejs-timepicker>
`
})
export class AppComponent {
public locale: string = 'de';
public dateValue: Date = new Date();
constructor() {}
ngOnInit(): void {
L10n.load({
'de': {
'timepicker': { placeholder: 'Wählen Sie Zeit' }
}
});
}
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));
Right-To-Left
The TimePicker supports RTL (right-to-left) functionality for languages like Arabic and Hebrew to displays the text in the right-to-left direction. Use enableRtl
property to set the RTL direction.
The following code example demonstrates the TimePicker component in Arabic
culture. It also explains how to set localized text to the placeholder using L10n.load
method.
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { L10n, loadCldr } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
//enable ripple style
enableRipple(true);
declare var require: any;
loadCldr(
require('cldr-data/supplemental/numberingSystems.json'),
require('cldr-data/main/ar/ca-gregorian.json'),
require('cldr-data/main/ar/numbers.json')
);
@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
template: `
<ejs-timepicker [locale]='culture' [enableRtl]='isRTL' [value]='dateValue'></ejs-timepicker>
`
})
export class AppComponent {
public culture: string = 'ar';
public isRTL: boolean = true;
public dateValue: Date = new Date();
constructor() {
}
ngOnInit(): void {
L10n.load({
'ar': {
'timepicker': { placeholder: 'حدد الوقت' }
}
});
}
}
The following example demonstrates TimePicker in Arabic
culture with right-to-left direction.
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'
import { TimePickerModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-calendars'
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { loadCldr, L10n } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
// Here we have referred local json files for preview purpose
import * as numberingSystems from './numberingSystems.json';
import * as gregorian from './ca-gregorian.json';
import * as numbers from './numbers.json';
import { enableRipple } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
//enable ripple style
enableRipple(true);
loadCldr(numberingSystems, gregorian, numbers);
@Component({
imports: [
TimePickerModule
],
standalone: true,
selector: 'app-root',
template: `
<ejs-timepicker [locale]='locale' [enableRtl]='isRTL' [value]='dateValue'></ejs-timepicker>
`
})
export class AppComponent {
public locale: string = 'ar';
public isRTL: boolean = true;
public dateValue: Date = new Date();
constructor() {
}
ngOnInit(): void {
L10n.load({
'ar': {
'timepicker': { placeholder: 'حدد الوقت' }
}
});
}
}
import { bootstrapApplication } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import 'zone.js';
bootstrapApplication(AppComponent).catch((err) => console.error(err));