Localization for Angular applications
Where internationalization ensures your application content can be consumed in different languages, localization ensures that your application uses the correct formats and symbols for the user’s location. For example, dates are formatted differently for users in the USA and in the EU. You want to ensure that you show the correct formats for each user so your application can be used without confusion by as many people as possible. Where internationalization is commonly referred to as i18n, localization is commonly referred to as l10n.
Just as with i18n, Angular has its own localization packages, but the implementation of the framework isn’t widely used and requires some additional work to use at runtime. Just as we did with i18n, we can use Transloco for l10n. Transloco provides a dedicated package for l10n containing a date, currency, and decimal pipe. To start using the Transloco l10n pipes, start by installing the NPM package...
