Localization & Internationalization¶

Enola supports localization (i10n) & internationalization (i18n) out of the box.

Locale¶

By default, Enola uses the system’s locale:

$ ./enola test-locale
Now is May 17, 2025, 5:48:06 PM CEST

This can be overridden by setting an OS specific mechanism; on Linux with the LANG environment variable:

LANG=de_CH ./enola test-locale
Now is 17. Mai 2025, 17:54:06 MESZ

The Enola CLI also supports a --locale option (note the use of - hyphen instead of _ underscore):

$ ./enola --locale=fr-CH test-locale
Now is 17 mai 2025, 17:55:55 CEST

By default, Enola uses the system’s TZ, as seen above.

This can be overridden by setting an OS specific mechanism; on Linux with the TZ environment variable:

TZ=America/New_York ./enola test-locale
Now is May 17, 2025, 12:00:18 PM EDT

The Enola CLI also supports a --timeZone option (note the use of - hyphen instead of _ underscore):

./enola --timeZone=Europe/Zurich test-locale
Now is May 17, 2025, 6:02:25 PM CEST