Globalization
24 Mar 202211 minutes to read
Globalization is the combination of adapting the component to various languages by means of parsing and formatting the date or number Internationalization and also by adding cultural specific customizations and translating the text localization
.
By default, DatePicker date format, week and month 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.
- Set the culture by using the locale property.
To go with the different culture other than English
, follow the below steps.
- Install the
CLDR-Data
package by using the below command (it installs the CLDR JSON data). To know more about CLDR-Data, refer the CLDR-Data link.
npm install cldr-data --save
Once the package is installed, you can find the culture specific JSON data under the location \node_modules\cldr-data
.
In ASP.NET Core, the static file contents should be present under wwwroot
folder. For this, manually copy the CLDR-Data
from the node_modules
folder and place inside the wwwroot
folder and refer from the \wwwroot\scripts\cldr-data
location.
function loadCultureFiles(name) {
var files = [‘ca-gregorian.json’, ‘numbers.json’, ‘timeZoneNames.json’];
var loader = ej.base.loadCldr;
var loadCulture = function (prop) {
var val, ajax;
ajax = new ej.base.Ajax(location.origin + location.pathname + ‘/../../scripts/cldr-data/main/’ + name + ‘/’ + files[prop], ‘GET’, false);
ajax.onSuccess = function (value) {
val = value;
};
ajax.send();
loader(JSON.parse(val));
};
for (var prop = 0; prop < files.length; prop++) {
loadCulture(prop);
}
}
> The `Localization` library allows to localize default text content of the DatePicker. The DatePicker component has static text for **today** feature that can be changed to other cultures (Arabic, Deutsch, French, etc.) by defining the [locale](https://help.syncfusion.com/cr/aspnetcore-js2/Syncfusion.EJ2.Calendars.DatePicker.html#Syncfusion_EJ2_Calendars_DatePicker_Locale) value and translation object.
| Locale keywords | Text |
| ----- | ----- |
| today | Name of the button to choose Today date. |
| placeholder | Hint to describe expected value in input element. |
* Before changing to a culture other than `English`, ensure that locale text for the concerned culture is loaded through `load` method of `L10n` class.
```typescript
var L10n = ej.base.L10n;
L10n.load({
'de': {
'datepicker': { placeholder: 'Wählen Sie ein Datum',
today: 'heute'
}
}
});
The following example demonstrates the DatePicker in German
culture.
<ejs-datepicker id="datepicker"></ejs-datepicker>
<script>
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
datepicker = document.getElementById('datepicker').ej2_instances[0];
var L10n = ej.base.L10n;
L10n.load({
'de': {
'datepicker': {
placeholder: 'Wählen Sie ein Datum',
today: 'heute'
}
}
});
loadCultureFiles('de');
datepicker.locale = 'de';
});
function loadCultureFiles(name) {
var files = ['ca-gregorian.json', 'numbers.json', 'timeZoneNames.json'];
if (name === 'ar') {
files.push('numberingSystems.json');
}
var loader = ej.base.loadCldr;
var loadCulture = function (prop) {
var val, ajax;
if (name === 'ar' && prop === files.length - 1) {
ajax = new ej.base.Ajax(location.origin + location.pathname + '/../../scripts/cldr-data/supplemental/' + files[prop], 'GET', false);
} else {
ajax = new ej.base.Ajax(location.origin + location.pathname + '/../../scripts/cldr-data/main/' + name + '/' + files[prop], 'GET', false);
}
ajax.onSuccess = function (value) {
val = value;
};
ajax.send();
loader(JSON.parse(val));
};
for (var prop = 0; prop < files.length; prop++) {
loadCulture(prop);
}
}
</script>
Right-To-Left
The DatePicker 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 initializes the DatePicker component in Arabic
culture and also explains how to set the localized text to the placeholder using load
method of L10n
class.
<ejs-datepicker id="datepicker" enableRtl=true></ejs-datepicker>
<script>
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
datepicker = document.getElementById('datepicker').ej2_instances[0];
var L10n = ej.base.L10n;
L10n.load({
'ar': {
'datepicker': {
placeholder: 'اختر تاريخا',
today: 'اليوم'
}
}
});
loadCultureFiles("ar");
datepicker.locale = 'ar';
});
function loadCultureFiles(name) {
var files = ['ca-gregorian.json', 'numbers.json', 'timeZoneNames.json'];
if (name === 'ar') {
files.push('numberingSystems.json');
}
var loader = ej.base.loadCldr;
var loadCulture = function (prop) {
var val, ajax;
if (name === 'ar' && prop === files.length - 1) {
ajax = new ej.base.Ajax(location.origin + location.pathname + '/../../scripts/cldr-data/supplemental/' + files[prop], 'GET', false);
} else {
ajax = new ej.base.Ajax(location.origin + location.pathname + '/../../scripts/cldr-data/main/' + name + '/' + files[prop], 'GET', false);
}
ajax.onSuccess = function (value) {
val = value;
};
ajax.send();
loader(JSON.parse(val));
};
for (var prop = 0; prop < files.length; prop++) {
loadCulture(prop);
}
}
</script>