Determine Whether Your Org Uses ICU or JDK Locale Formats
To prepare for the move to the International Components for Unicode (ICU) library from
Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK) library, determine whether ICU is enabled in your org, or
whether you’re using the JDK locale format. ICU is the new standard and enabled through a
release update.
Required Editions
Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning
Experience
Available in: all editions
User Permissions
Needed
To view release updates:
View Setup and Configuration
To enable or disable release updates
Manage Release Updates
OR
Customize Application
Orgs created in Winter ’20 or later have ICU locale formats enabled by default.
To determine whether your org is using ICU locale formats, navigate to Setup and enter
Company Information in the Quick Find box. Then locate the
Locale Formats field.
Next Steps:
If your org is using JDK locale formats, we recommend that you test and adopt the ICU
locale formats.
If the Enable ICU formats for en_CA locale checkbox isn't
selected, we recommend that you enable it.
If your org is using ICU locale formats and the Enable ICU formats for en_CA
locale checkbox is selected, your org is using the latest standard. No
further action is required.
Review Setup Audit Trail
Setup Audit Trail tracks the recent setup
changes that you and other admins make. For orgs created before Winter '20, you can review
changes related to ICU locale enablement in Setup Audit Trail.
Changes Visible in Setup Audit Trail
If ICU Locales are enabled by...
User column displays
Action column displays
Admin
Admin's Username
ICULocaleDateFormatEnabledOffOn has
changed
and
canadaICUFormatEnabledOffOn has
changed
Salesforce
Automated Process
ICULocaleDateFormatEnabledOffOn has changed
and
canadaICUFormatEnabledOffOn has changed
Note Orgs created after Winter '20 have ICU locale formats
enabled by default, and no information is listed in Setup Audit Trail.
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