Getting the current locale in django

Question

It is easy to get the current language (e.g. en) anywhere in a django app: django.utils.translation.get_lanaguage()

But how do I get the current locale (e.g. en_US or en_GB)?

Answer 1

Did you try to_locale()?

from django.utils.translation import to_locale, get_language
to_locale(get_language())

Answer 2

The distinction between language and locale (in Django, at least) is just a matter of formatting. Both en and en-us are languages, and if en-us is the currently selected language then that will be returned by get_language().

So your problem seems to be that Django is not setting the current language the way you expect. There's a long list of techniques Django uses to try and figure out the language to use, so I suggest working your way down that to see why the language isn't what you expect.

For example:

If a base language is available but the sublanguage specified is not, Django uses the base language. For example, if a user specifies de-at (Austrian German) but Django only has de available, Django uses de.