Windows XP Professional Product Documentation > Customizing your computer > Date, time, region, and language

To change number, currency, time, and date settings

1.	Open Regional and Language Options in Control Panel.
2.	On the Regional Options tab, under Standards and formats, click the locale whose date, time, number, and currency format you want to use.

Note

•	To open Regional and Language Options, click Start, click Control Panel, click Date, Time, Language, and Regional Options, and then click Regional and Language Options.
•	Click Customize if you want to change individual settings for date, time, numbers, or currency.
•	To select an East Asian language or a complex script and right-to-left language, you must install the files for those languages. For more information, click Related Topics.

Related Topics

•	Install complex script and right-to-left language files
•	Install East Asian language files on your computer
•	Using the euro as your currency
•	Change the way your computer displays the date
•	Change the way your computer displays the time
•	Change the way your computer displays numbers
•	Change the way your computer displays currency values