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title: "Why switch to new locale?"
slug: "why-switch-to-new-locale"
updated: 2025-03-18T21:20:34Z
published: 2025-03-18T21:20:34Z
canonical: "documentation.encodify.com/why-switch-to-new-locale"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://documentation.encodify.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Why switch to new locale?

We now support the latest international standards of locale formats for dates, times and numeric values to make the platform more globally accessible and maintain future changes as standards evolve.

To date, Encodify has only supported either International or US formatting for dates, times and numeric values often meaning our customers are limited to viewing in a format that they are not always familiar with.

Some of the new locale formats are different from the ones we’ve been using, so you can expect changes in appearance and the behaviour of Encodify. Read more about how to prepare for migration within the following [helpdesk article](/v1/docs/how-to-prepare-for-migration-1)

Encodify uses locale formats provided by the International Components for Unicode (ICU) library.

> [!WARNING]
> Note: The support for the latest international standards is introduced with version 9.101 and later