Internationalization

Locale settings and messages

Topics

Set Locale on Microsoft Windows Platforms
MATLAB^® reads the user locale and system locale on Windows^® platforms.
Set Locale on Linux Platforms
To specify the locale to be used by MATLAB on Linux^® platforms, use the LANG environment variable.
Set Locale on macOS Platforms
MATLAB reads the user locale setting on the Apple macOS platform.
Locale Setting Concepts for Internationalization
The locale setting defines the language of your user interface and the display formats for information like time, date, and currency.
Numbers Display Period for Decimal Point
MATLAB reads the user locale for all categories except for the numeric category (which is equivalent with LC_NUMERIC).
Change the MATLAB Desktop Language
MathWorks^® provides localized versions of MATLAB for selected non-English platforms.

The user locale and system locale must be the same value on the Microsoft^® Windows platform.

Plain text files, such as MATLAB scripts or functions, created with one locale setting might not be compatible with a different locale setting.

The results of the datenum function vary depending on the locale.

MATLAB does not support non 7-bit ASCII characters in several features.

MATLAB ignores the customized portion of the locale setting on macOS platforms.

Older X servers might not recognize international keyboard layouts and can produce incorrect characters in Simulink^®.