Get the system locale

Useful for localizing your module or app.

POSIX systems: The returned locale refers to the LC_MESSAGE category, suitable for selecting the language used in the user interface for message translation.

$ npm install os-locale

const osLocale = require('os-locale');

(async () => {
	console.log(await osLocale());
	//=> 'en-US'
})();

Returns a Promise for the locale.

Returns the locale.

Type: Object

Type: boolean
Default: true

Set to false to avoid spawning subprocesses and instead only resolve the locale from environment variables.