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Re: Country code or name


  • Subject: Re: Country code or name
  • From: Chuck Soper <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:48:35 -0700

At 7:40 PM -0700 9/14/03, mmalcolm crawford wrote:
On Sep 12, 2003, at 8:44 AM, Simon Stapleton wrote:

Well, I've been loking all over the place, but I can't seem to find it. I need to be able to at least guess the current user's country (not timezone, that's not specific enough, or language, that doesn't work either). I'd like to avoid having to code this all up myself, but can do if needs be.

It's not entirely clear what your goal is here. Do you need to know where they are geographically, or are you interested in their "preference". If the latter, then you may be able to make a good guess from System Preferences. The first language returned from the AppleLanguages setting may give enough information (if you just get "en" back it's a reasonable guess that it'll mean "USA"...). For more on interpreting the codes, see:
<http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Technical/2003-04-03.01.html>

Note also the various LocaleRef functions in Carbon (e.g. <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/Locale_Utilities/locale_refchap/function_group_3.html>).

mmalc

Is there anyway that I can grab the text in the "System Preferences:Date & Time:Time Zone" Closest City field? For example, if the text reads, "New York - U.S.A.", how do I programmatically get that text from a Cocoa application?
Chuck
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