File: locale.md | Updated: 11/15/2025
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The Locale API allows setting i18n and l7n options globally for the components.
Import#
Configuration is managed by the Locale API imported from primereact/api.
import { locale, addLocale, updateLocaleOption, updateLocaleOptions, localeOption, localeOptions } from 'primereact/api';
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Set Locale#
An available locale can be set with locale method at anytime.
locale('en');
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Add Locale#
New locale settings can be added using addLocale method.
addLocale('es', {
firstDayOfWeek: 1,
dayNames: ['domingo', 'lunes', 'martes', 'miércoles', 'jueves', 'viernes', 'sábado'],
dayNamesShort: ['dom', 'lun', 'mar', 'mié', 'jue', 'vie', 'sáb'],
dayNamesMin: ['D', 'L', 'M', 'X', 'J', 'V', 'S'],
monthNames: ['enero', 'febrero', 'marzo', 'abril', 'mayo', 'junio', 'julio', 'agosto', 'septiembre', 'octubre', 'noviembre', 'diciembre'],
monthNamesShort: ['ene', 'feb', 'mar', 'abr', 'may', 'jun', 'jul', 'ago', 'sep', 'oct', 'nov', 'dic'],
today: 'Hoy',
clear: 'Limpiar',
//...
});
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Repository#
Ready to use settings for locales are available at the community supported PrimeLocale repository. We'd appreciate if you could contribute to this repository with pull requests and share it with the rest of the community.
Import
Set Locale
Add Locale
Repository
PrimeReact 10.9.7 by PrimeTek