How each country writes dates, numbers and units.
Date and time patterns, number separators, first day of the week and measurement system, per country and language.
{
"locale": "de-DE",
"date_format": "dd.MM.y",
"decimal": ",",
"group": ".",
"first_day": "monday",
"measurement": "metric"
}- Source
- Unicode CLDR
- Licence
- Unicode License
- Refreshed
- 2026-10-09
What locale data gives you
- Dates and times
- Short and long patterns, 12 or 24 hour clocks and the first day of the week.
- Numbers and money
- Decimal and grouping separators and where the currency symbol goes.
- Measurement
- Metric, US or UK customary units, per country.
- Built on shared standards
- Derived from CLDR and attributed to it on every record.
Know where every record comes from
Source, licence and verification status travel with the data. This is an excerpt of the register behind the API.
| Source | Used for | Licence |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode CLDR | Locale attributes | Unicode License |
Start with one request
Create a key in your account and send it in the x-api-key header.
curl "https://locale.atlasref.dev/api/v1/locales/de-DE" \
-H "x-api-key: $ATLASREF_KEY"More from atlasref
The other datasets use the same identifiers and the same rules about sources.
- CountryCountries and administrative divisions with codes, names and locale attributes.country.atlasref.dev
- HolidayPublic holidays by country, region and year, marked with how each was verified.holiday.atlasref.dev
- CurrencyCurrency codes, minor units and the countries that use them.currency.atlasref.dev