# Get locale information

Get locale information for an app by using the [GetLocaleInfo method](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2024/Subsystems/EngineJSONAPI/Content/service-doc-getlocaleinfo.htm).

## Example

[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/EngineAPI/Content/Sense_EngineAPI/GettingSystemInformation/get-locale-information.htm)

#### The goal is to get locale information for an app. The handle of the app is 1.

The client sends:

```
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "GetLocaleInfo",
  "handle": 1,
  "params": []
}
```

The engine returns:

```
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 5,
  "result": {
    "qReturn": {
      "qDecimalSep": ",",
      "qThousandSep": " ",
      "qListSep": ";",
      "qMoneyDecimalSep": ",",
      "qMoneyThousandSep": ".",
      "qCurrentYear": 2013,
      "qMoneyFmt": "#.##0,00 kr;-#.##0,00 kr",
      "qTimeFmt": "hh:mm:ss",
      "qDateFmt": "YYYY-MM-DD",
      "qTimestampFmt": "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss[.fff]",
      "qCalendarStrings": {
        "qDayNames": [
          "må",
          "ti",
          "on",
          "to",
          "fr",
          "lö",
          "sö"
        ],
        "qMonthNames": [
          "jan",
          "feb",
          "mar",
          "apr",
          "maj",
          "jun",
          "jul",
          "aug",
          "sep",
          "okt",
          "nov",
          "dec"
        ],
        "qLongDayNames": [
          "måndag",
          "tisdag",
          "onsdag",
          "torsdag",
          "fredag",
          "lördag",
          "söndag"
        ],
        "qLongMonthNames": [
          "januari",
          "februari",
          "mars",
          "april",
          "maj",
          "juni",
          "juli",
          "augusti",
          "september",
          "oktober",
          "november",
          "december"
        ]
      },
      "qFirstWeekDay": 0,
      "qReferenceDay": 4,
      "qFirstMonthOfYear": 1,
      "qCollation": "en_US"
    }
  }
}
```