Locales and languages
The locale of your computer is your local language and the geographical location of your computer. For example, the locales French (France) and French (Canada) are distinct. Your locale determines how certain elements are displayed on your computer, for example the date format used by programs on your computer is derived from your locale.
- Rational DOORS default locale
Rational® DOORS® derives its default locale from the locale of your computer. You can change settings within Rational DOORS to override the default locale. Your changes are saved with the locale. Each time you change your locale, the user options that you previously selected for that locale are applied.
- Supported locale formats
The locale formats that are supported in Rational DOORS are listed in this topic.
- Date and time formats
Rational DOORS date values between 1970 and 2036 are stored in the Rational DOORS database in terms of universal coordinated time (UTC). UTC was developed as the international time standard. It is like Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) except that it observes no daylight saving time (DST) and is based on a 24-hour clock. Zero (0) hours UTC is midnight GMT. The local 24-hour time convention is converted to UTC by adding or subtracting hours based on your location. It takes into account the prime meridian and local daylight saving time considerations.
- Setting a locale for legacy data
Data from previous versions of Rational DOORS might not have a locale property. Users with the manage database power can set a default locale for any legacy data that does not have a locale property.
- User options for locales
You can change the line spacing, font, and the date display and input formats.
- Changing the Rational DOORS language
Rational
DOORS displays in the language of the locale set on
your machine. If you want Rational
DOORS to display in a different language every time
you start it, you can set an environment variable. For example, if you are in Canada, and
your system locale is set to English, you can set Rational
DOORS to display in French every time you start it
using an environment variable.