Set Culture

Set Culture Command
v18.0

The setculture Lava command allows you to specify the culture (locale) used when rendering values like dates and numbers inside your Lava template. This is especially helpful when you're working in a multilingual or multinational context and need consistent formatting regardless of the server's default culture or the viewer's browser settings.

For example: 

{% setculture culture:'invariant' %}
   {% assign myDate = '01/02/2020' %}
   {{ myDate | AsDateTime | Date:'MMM d' }} 
{% endsetculture %}

Regardless of the viewer's browser culture or the server's settings, the output will always display Jan 2.

Works With

The culture setting only applies to the following Lava filters:

  • AsDateTimeUtc
  • AsDateTime
  • AsDecimal
  • AsDouble
  • AsInteger
  • Date
  • Format
  • FormatAsCurrency
Warning: Nesting the setculture command is not supported and will likekly result in unexpected behavior.

Parameters

Below is a complete list of the parameters that are available to the command.

Quick Links:

Culture

You can use any of the following values:

  • invariant – Culture-agnostic formatting, useful for consistency.
  • client – Uses the culture reported by the viewer's browser.
  • server – Uses the Rock server's configured culture. (This is determined by the UI culture used when the OS was installed.)
  • or A valid culture code – Such as en-US, de-DE, fr-FR, es-ES, etc.