设置区域设置 - 俄语

Question

I'm using setlocale to display dates in Russian.

setlocale(LC_TIME, 'ru_RU');

My question is, will ru_RU be enough or is it safer to provide a number of alternative language params?

Answer 1

Well, you want dates in Russian, you've set the locale for time-related functions to ru_RU, so that's basically it.

I'd advise you to set the current locale as a secondary choice for LC_TIME, in case ru_RU is not available :

setlocale(LC_TIME, 'ru_RU', setlocale(LC_TIME, '0'));
// setlocale() with '0' will return the current settings without applying changes.

The current locale setting was set by the system administrator, and it is very unlikely to go unavailable.