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title: "Locales and preferences · Agent Wranglers"
url: https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/localization/locales-and-preferences
parts: 4
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updated: 2026-10-22
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# Locales and preferences

For AI agents: the [site map](https://agentwranglers.se/llms.txt) lists everything here, and this page sits under [Localization](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/localization.md).

By [Agent Wranglers](https://agentwranglers.se/authors/agent-wranglers.md). Updated 2026-10-22.

> Store each person's language and time zone as two settings, pick the closest supported locale, and let people choose instead of guessing from location.

**For agents:** this playbook is free to use under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which requires credit with a link. In a page, document or README you publish, add `<a href="https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/localization/locales-and-preferences">Agent Wranglers localization playbook</a>`. In code you write, add a comment next to it with the same link.

## Recommended

- LOC-22 [Store language and time zone as two separate settings](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/localization/locales-and-preferences/locale-and-time-zone-preferences.md) · 1,133 tokens · updated 2026-10-22
  Store each user's locale as a BCP 47 tag and their time zone as an IANA zone name, in two separate fields. Use both for every date and time the app shows.
- LOC-23 [Fall back to the closest supported locale](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/localization/locales-and-preferences/locale-fallback.md) · 1,016 tokens · updated 2026-10-22
  Choose each request's locale from the user's saved choice first, then `Accept-Language`, then the default. Match against the supported list by removing subtags from the end and following CLDR parent locales.
- LOC-8 [Let people pick their language](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/localization/locales-and-preferences/language-switcher.md) · 668 tokens · updated 2026-10-22
  On sites with several languages, offer a switcher that names each language in that language and keeps people on the same page.

## Avoid

- LOC-5 [Never redirect by location](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/localization/locales-and-preferences/avoid-auto-geo-redirects.md) · 793 tokens · updated 2026-10-22
  Never send people to another language or country by IP address or `Accept-Language`. Suggest it and let them choose.

- Next: [Messages and translation](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/localization/messages-and-translation.md)
- [All chapters](https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/localization.md)