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title: Determine Whether Your Org Uses ICU or JDK Locale Formats
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description: 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.
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# 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

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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.

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d73884e151">If ICU Locales are enabled by...</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d73884e154">User column displays</th>
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            <td data-label="If ICU Locales are enabled by..." class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d73884e151 ">Admin</td>

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              <p><samp class="parmname">ICULocaleDateFormatEnabledOffOn has
                  changed</samp></p>
              <p>and</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><samp class="parmname">canadaICUFormatEnabledOffOn has
                  changed</samp></p>
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            <td data-label="If ICU Locales are enabled by..." class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d73884e151 ">Salesforce</td>

            <td data-label="User column displays" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d73884e154 ">Automated Process</td>

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              <p><samp class="parmname">ICULocaleDateFormatEnabledOffOn has changed</samp></p>
              <p>and</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><samp class="parmname">canadaICUFormatEnabledOffOn has changed</samp></p>
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Note Orgs created after Winter '20 have ICU locale formats enabled by default, and no information is listed in Setup Audit Trail.

#### See Also

- [Adopt the ICU Locale Formats](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.icu_migration_how.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "The ICU locale format release update is available for all orgs. Review the high-level process to successfully migrate to the new International Components for Unicode (ICU) locale formats. Some of the formats differ from the ones provided by Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK). Understand how to determine the impact of changes on your org, and learn about the updates required to support the new formats.")