# Locale Settings

Use this page to configure system-wide defaults for date, time, language, currency, and salutation formats for your organization.

To specify the locale settings, enter information in the following fields:

- Default Date Format. From the drop-down list, select a date format for all records such as Quotes and Contracts.
- Default Time Format. From the drop-down list, select a time format to display in all records such as Cases.
- Default Language. From the drop-down list, select the default language for the Sugar User Interface.
- Default Name Format. Enter the default salutation and name format to display in list views and detail views.
- Currency. Enter the name of the currency that your organization uses to conduct business.
- Currency Symbol. Enter the symbol for the currency.
- ISO 4217 Currency Code. Enter the ISO code for the currency.
- 1000s Separator. Specify a delimiter to separate thousands when users specify a numeric value for the amount.
- Decimal Symbol. Specify a default decimal symbol.
- Collation. To change the default database collation from utf8_general_ci, select the new value from the drop-down list.

Click Save to save the settings.