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Locale vs Timezone - What's the difference?

locale | timezone |

As nouns the difference between locale and timezone

is that locale is the place where something happens while timezone is an alternative spelling of lang=en A vertical region of the globe that somewhat corresponds to longitude, that uses the same time.

locale

English

(wikipedia locale)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The place where something happens.
    • Being near running water and good shade, the explorers decided it was a good locale for setting up camp.
  • (computing) The set of settings related to the language and region in which a computer program executes. Examples are language, paper format, currency and time formats, character encoding etc.

    • timezone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A vertical region of the globe that somewhat corresponds to longitude, that uses the same time.

    • Usage notes

    In the US, (timezone) seems to be favored considerably (unless comparing different specific zones), while the UK seems more likely to use (time zone).

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