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Regional and Language Settings

This topic lists the regional and language settings you can specify from the command line by using operations in Stsadm.exe and by using HTML Administration pages. For more information about specifying regional and language settings, see Language Considerations. For more information about the syntax for command-line operations, see Command-Line Operations.

The following types of regional and language settings are used in Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services:

Language IDs

The Language ID determines the language used for text on pages in the Web site (such as the text on the Site Settings page). The languages available for site creation depend on the language template packs you have installed to your server or server farm. Web sites based on Windows SharePoint Services can be created in the following languages.

IDLanguage IDLanguage
1025Arabic 1041 Japanese
1028 Chinese - Traditional 1042 Korean
1029 Czech1043Dutch
1030 Danish 1044 Norwegian
1031 German 1045 Polish
1032 Greek 1046 Portuguese - Brazilian
1033 English 1049 Russian
1034 Spanish 1053 Swedish
1035 Finnish 1054 Thai
1036 French 1055 Turkish
1037 Hebrew 2052 Chinese - Simplified
1038 Hungarian 2070 Portuguese
1040 Italian 3076Chinese - Hong Kong

Windows SharePoint Services also supports input and display of text in the following languages, but not site creation.

IDLanguage IDLanguage
1026Bulgarian1048Romanian
1050Croatian 2074Serbian
1061Estonian 1051Slovak
1081Hindi with Indic PT1060Slovenian
1062Latvian1058Ukrainian
1063Lithuanian

Locale IDs

The Locale ID controls the numbering, sorting, calendar, and time formatting for the Web site. You can change the locale for a Web site by using the Regional Settings page. Web sites based on Windows SharePoint Services can be set to the following Locale IDs.

IDLocaleIDLocale
1078Afrikaans 1037 Hebrew
1052 Albanian 1081 Hindi
5121 Arabic (Algeria) 1038 Hungarian
15361 Arabic (Bahrain) 1039 Icelandic
3073 Arabic (Egypt) 1057 Indonesian
2049 Arabic (Iraq) 1040 Italian (Italy)
11265 Arabic (Jordan) 2064 Italian (Switzerland)
13313 Arabic (Kuwait) 1041 Japanese
12289 Arabic (Lebanon) 1099 Kannada
4097 Arabic (Libya) 1087 Kazakh
6145 Arabic (Morocco) 1111 Konkani
8193 Arabic (Oman) 1042 Korean
16385 Arabic (Qatar) 1088 Kyrgyz (Cyrillic)
1025 Arabic (Saudi Arabia) 1062Latvian
10241 Arabic (Syria) 1063 Lithuanian
7169 Arabic (Tunisia) 1071 Macedonian (FYROM)
14337 Arabic (U.A.E.) 2110 Malay (Brunei Darussalam)
9217 Arabic (Yemen) 1086 Malay (Malaysia)
1067 Armenian 1102 Marathi
2092 Azeri (Cyrillic) 1104 Mongolian (Cyrillic)
1068 Azeri (Latin) 1044 Norwegian (Bokmal)
1069 Basque 2068 Norwegian (Nynorsk)
1059 Belarusian 1045 Polish
1026 Bulgarian 1046 Portuguese (Brazil)
1027 Catalan 2070 Portuguese (Portugal)
3076 Chinese (Hong Kong) 1094 Punjabi
5124 Chinese (Macau) 1048 Romanian
2052 Chinese (PRC) 1049 Russian
4100 Chinese (Singapore) 1103 Sanskrit
1028 Chinese (Taiwan) 3098 Serbian (Cyrillic)
1050 Croatian 2074 Serbian (Latin)
1029 Czech 1051 Slovak
1030 Danish 1060 Slovenian
1125 Divehi 11274 Spanish (Argentina)
2067 Dutch (Belgium) 16394 Spanish (Bolivia)
1043 Dutch (Netherlands) 13322 Spanish (Chile)
3081 English (Australia) 9226 Spanish (Colombia)
10249 English (Belize) 5130 Spanish (Costa Rica)
4105 English (Canada) 7178 Spanish (Dominican Republic)
9225 English (Caribbean) 12298 Spanish (Ecuador)
6153 English (Ireland) 17418 Spanish (El Salvador)
8201 English (Jamaica) 4106Spanish (Guatemala)
5129 English (New Zealand) 18442 Spanish (Honduras)
13321 English (Philippines) 2058 Spanish (Mexico)
7177 English (South Africa) 19466 Spanish (Nicaragua)
11273 English (Trinidad) 6154 Spanish (Panama)
2057 English (United Kingdom) 15370 Spanish (Paraguay)
1033 English (United States)   10250 Spanish (Peru)
12297 English (Zimbabwe) 20490 Spanish (Puerto Rico)
1061 Estonian 3082 Spanish (Spain)
1080 Faeroese 1034 Spanish (Traditional)
1065 Farsi 14346 Spanish (Uruguay)
1035 Finnish 8202 Spanish (Venezuela)
2060 French (Belgium) 1089 Swahili
3084 French (Canada) 1053 Swedish
1036 French (France) 2077 Swedish (Finland)
5132 French (Luxembourg) 1114 Syriac
6156 French (Monaco) 1097 Tamil
4108 French (Switzerland) 1092 Tatar
1110 Galician 1098 Telugu
1079 Georgian 1054 Thai
3079 German (Austria) 1055 Turkish
1031 German (Germany) 1058 Ukrainian
5127 German (Liechtenstein) 1056 Urdu
4103 German (Luxembourg) 2115 Uzbek (Cyrillic)
2055 German (Switzerland) 1091 Uzbek (Latin)
1032 Greek 1066 Vietnamese
1095 Gujarati

Time Zones

Web sites based on Windows SharePoint Services can be set to any of the time zones recognized by Microsoft Windows Server 2003.

Code Time zoneCodeTime zone
39(GMT-12:00) Eniwetok, Kwajalein59(GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn
16(GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa 27(GMT+02:00) Jerusalem 26 (GMT+03:00) Baghdad
15(GMT-10:00) Hawaii 74(GMT+03:00) Kuwait, Riyadh
14(GMT-09:00) Alaska 51(GMT+03:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd
13(GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US and Canada); Tijuana 56(GMT+03:00) Nairobi
38(GMT-07:00) Arizona 25(GMT+03:30) Tehran
12(GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US and Canada) 24(GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat
55(GMT-06:00) Central America 54(GMT+04:00) Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan 48 (GMT+04:30) Kabul
11(GMT-06:00) Central Time (US and Canada) 58(GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg
37(GMT-06:00) Mexico City 47 (GMT+05:00) Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent
36(GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan 23(GMT+05:30) Calcutta, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi
35(GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito 62(GMT+05:45) Kathmandu 46 (GMT+06:00) Almaty, Novosibirsk
10(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US and Canada) 71(GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka
34 (GMT-05:00) Indiana (East) 66(GMT+06:00) Sri Jayawardenepura
9 (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada) 61(GMT+06:30) Rangoon
33(GMT-04:00) Caracas, La Paz 22(GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta
65(GMT-04:00) Santiago 64(GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk
28(GMT-03:30) Newfoundland 8 (GMT-03:00) Brasilia 45(GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi
32(GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown 63(GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar
60(GMT-03:00) Greenland 21(GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
30(GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic 73(GMT+08:00) Perth 75 (GMT+08:00) Taipei
29(GMT-01:00) Azores 20(GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo 72 (GMT+09:00) Seoul
53(GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Is.70(GMT+09:00) Yakutsk 19 (GMT+09:30) Adelaide
31(GMT) Casablanca, Monrovia 44(GMT+09:30) Darwin
2(GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London 18(GMT+10:00) Brisbane
4(GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna 76(GMT+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
6(GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague 43(GMT+10:00) Guam, Port Moresby
3(GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris 42(GMT+10:00) Hobart
57(GMT+01:00) Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofija, Vilnius, Warsaw, Zagreb 68(GMT+10:00) Vladivostok
69(GMT+01:00) West Central Africa 41(GMT+11:00) Magadan, Solomon Is., New Caledonia
7(GMT+02:00) Athens, Istanbul, Minsk 17(GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington
5(GMT+02:00) Bucharest40 (GMT+12:00) Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is.
49 (GMT+02:00) Cairo 67 (GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa
50 (GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria

Currency IDs

Web sites based on Windows SharePoint Services can be set to use the following currencies.

IDCurrency IDCurrency
51211,254 .ج.د (Arabic-Algeria) 4106 Q1,254 (Guatemala)
15361 1,254 .ب.د (Arabic-Bahrain) 18442 L. 1254 (Honduras)
3073 1,254 .م.ج (Arabic-Egypt)3076 HK$1,254 (Hong Kong)
2049 1,254 .ع.د (Arabic-Iraq) 1038 1 254 Ft (Hungary)
11265 1,254 .ا.د (Arabic-Jordan) 1081 रु 1,254 (India)
13313 1,254 .ك.د (Arabic-Kuwait) 6153 IR£1,254 (Ireland)
12289 1,254 .ل.ل (Arabic-Lebanon) 1037 ₪1,254 (Israel)
4097 1,254 .ل.د (Arabic-Libya) 1041 ¥1,254 (Japan)
6145 1,254 .م.د (Arabic-Morocco) 1042 ₩1,254 (Korea)
8193 1,254 .ع.ر (Arabic-Oman) 2058 $1,254 (Mexico)
16385 1,254 .ق.ر (Arabic-Qatar) 5129 $1,254 (New Zealand)
1025 1,254 .س.ر (Arabic-Saudi Arabia) 19466 C$ 1254 (Nicaragua)
10241 1,254 .س.ل (Arabic-Syria) 1044 kr 1 254 (Norway)
7169 1,254 .ت.د (Arabic-Tunisia) 1056 Rs 1,254 (Pakistan)
14337 1,254 .إ.د (Arabic-U.A.E) 6154 B/. 1,254 (Panama)
9217 1,254 .ي.ر (Arabic-Yemen) 15370 Gs 1.254 (Paraguay)
11274 $ 1.254 (Argentina) 2052 ¥1,254 (People's Republic of China)
3081 $1,254 (Australia) 10250 S/. 1,254 (Peru)
3079 öS 1.254 (Austria) 1045 1 254 zł (Poland)
16394 $b 1.254 (Bolivia) 1049 1 254р. (Russia)
1046 R$ 1.254 (Brazil) 4100 $1,254 (Singapore)
3084 1 254 $ (Canada) 1051 1 254 Sk (Slovakia)
4105 $1,254 (Canada) 1060 1.254 SIT (Slovenia)
13322 $ 1.254 (Chile) 7177 R 1,254 (South Africa)
9226 $ 1.254 (Colombia) 1053 1.254 kr (Sweden)
5130 C1.254 (Costa Rica) 2055 SFr. 1'254 (Switzerland)
1029 1 254 Kč (Czech Republic) 1028 NT$1,254 (Taiwan)
1030 kr 1.254 (Denmark) 1054 ฿1,254 (Thai)
7178 RD$1,254 (Dominican Republic) 1055 1.254 TL (Turkey)
17418 C1254 (El Salvador) 2057 £1,254 (United Kingdom)
-2 1,254 € (European Union) 1033 $1,254 (United States)
-1 € 1,254 (European Union) 14346 $U 1.254 (Uruguay)
1065 1,254 ريال (Farsi) 8202 Bs 1.254 (Venezuela)
1032 1.254 Δρχ (Greece) 1066 1,254 ₫ (Vietnamese)
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