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The Mojo framework includes Mojo.Format, a set of locale-aware methods to assist you with formatting different types of text strings. The available methods are summarized in Table 11-2.

Table 11-2. Mojo.Locale and Mojo.Format methods

Method	Description
Mojo.Locale.getCurrentLocale()	Returns the currently set locale as an ISO 639-formatted string (e.g., en_us for US English)
Mojo.Locale.getCurrentFormatRegion()	Returns the currently set region as an ISO 639-formatted string (e.g., us for US English)
Mojo.Format.formatDate()	Formats the date object appropriately for the current locale
Mojo.Format.formatRelativeDate()	Formats the date object as with formatDate(), but returns yesterday/today/tomorrow if appropriate, or the day of the week if in the last week
Mojo.Format.formatNumber()	Converts a number to a string using the proper locale-based format for numbers and number separators
Mojo.Format.formatCurrency()	Converts a number representing an amount of currency to a string using the proper locale-based format for currency; does not do any currency rate conversion, just formatting
Mojo.Format.formatChoice()	Formats a choice list to handle things like replacement parameters with plurals
Mojo.Format.formatPercent()	Converts a number to a percent string using the proper locale-based format for percentages
Mojo.Format.using12HrTime()	Returns true if the current locale uses 12-hour time or false if 24-hour time
Mojo.Format.getCurrentTimeZone()	Returns current timezone

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