ObjectOSLocalization
Set the tenant-wide timezone, language, country, and date, time, and number formats that every rendered value inherits.
Localization sets the tenant-level defaults for how ObjectOS interprets time, chooses a message catalog, and renders dates, numbers, and currency. These values are the fallback for the whole workspace — individual users can override their own language in their Account, but the defaults you set here apply to everyone who has not.
Open Setup → Configuration → Localization. The page is split into two sections: Region and Formats.
Region
Region controls how ObjectOS resolves meaning — which timezone anchors relative-time calculations, which locale drives formatting, and which country the deployment reports as its home.
| Setting | Default | Drives |
|---|---|---|
Default timezone | UTC | IANA zone for today() / daysFromNow, analytics date buckets, and rendered datetimes |
Default language | English (US) | BCP-47 locale for message catalogs and number/date formatting |
Default country | US | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (e.g. US, GB, CN) |
Timezone is not cosmetic. It is the anchor for every relative-time expression and for the buckets analytics rolls records into. Changing it shifts what "today" means across the tenant — set it once, deliberately.
Default timezone is a dropdown of IANA zones (UTC, America/New_York,
Asia/Shanghai, and so on). Default language selects the locale whose
message catalog and formatting rules the UI falls back to. Default country
is a free-text field that expects a two-letter ISO code.
Formats
Formats control presentation — how an already-resolved value is written out. They do not change stored data, only how it is displayed.
| Setting | Default | Example |
|---|---|---|
Date format | ISO | 2026-06-17 |
Time format | 24-hour | 14:30 |
Number format | comma / dot | 1,234.56 |
Currency | — | Currency symbol and placement for money fields |
Each is a dropdown. Pick the presentation your users expect; the underlying timestamps and numbers are stored in a canonical form and only formatted at render time.
Tenant defaults vs. user overrides
Everything on this page is a tenant default. When a user sets their own
language in Account, that choice wins for that user's session and rendered
UI; users who leave their preference unset inherit the Default language you
configure here. Timezone, country, and format defaults apply tenant-wide.
Where to go next
| Task | Page |
|---|---|
| Change branding, feature flags, and other tenant settings | System Settings |
| Configure a user's personal language override | Your profile |
| Set up transactional email delivery | |
| Return to the administration overview | Configure |