To conduct business wherever you are, adopt the International Components for Unicode (ICU) locale formats. Locales control the formats for dates, times, currencies, addresses, names, and numeric values. ICU sets the international standard for these formats. The ICU locale formats provide a consistent experience across the platform and improve integration with ICU-compliant applications across the globe. When you enable this update, the ICU locale formats replace Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK) locale formats in Salesforce. This update was first made available in Winter ’20.
Where: This change applies to Lightning Experience, Salesforce Classic, and all versions of the Salesforce mobile app in all editions, except Database.com.
When: Salesforce enforces this update in Spring ’24. Salesforce orgs created in Winter ’20 or later have ICU locale formats enabled by default. To get the major release upgrade date for your instance, go to Trust Status, search for your instance, and click the maintenance tab.
How: To enable this update, from Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Release Updates, and then select Release Updates. For Enable ICU Locale Formats, follow the testing and activation steps.
The English (Canada) locale (en_CA) requires separate activation. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter User Interface, and select User Interface. Then select Enable ICU formats for en_CA locale, and save your changes.