Language and Locale

The Language and Locale option allows users to set the language, currency, and date and time representations in the application-specific to the property location.

Perform the following steps to set the default language, currency, and date:

Navigate to Settings All Settings General Property, buildings & outlets.

Navigate to the Language & Locale tab.

Refer to the following table and fill in the fields to set the language and locale for the property:

Field

Description

Set Weekend Days

Set Days

Select the days of a week to be considered as weekends.

Color Theme

 

Set Color Theme

Select the preferred color theme for the Stay interface.

Language

Language

The default language of the property.

Country

The country where the property is located.

Currency

Currency

The default currency of the country where the property is located.

Denomination

The existing denominations available for the selected currency. Users must click on the Edit hyperlink to define supported denomination values based on the selected currency. When clicked, the Edit pop-up screen appears that allows the property to define the smallest currency units that can be used for payments (For example, 0.05, 0.10, 1.00, and so on). Denomination values can be configured for each currency. Duplicate values cannot be configured. Upon clicking Save, the entered values are validated, and messages are displayed when the following validations are not successful:

  • Entered values are invalid

  • Duplicate values are entered

  • Values for mandatory fields are missing

Display Style

Format for displaying currency values. Users can select from the following options:

  • Symbol ($, €): When selected, the currency symbol will be displayed for currency values. For example, $100.00, €50.00.

  • Code (USD, EUR): When selected, the abbreviation of the currency will be displayed for currency values. For example, USD 100.00, GBP 5.00.

Accounting Style

Use this flag to determine the display of negative amounts in Stay:

  • When enabled, any negative amount is displayed within a parenthesis () in Stay. For example, a payment made to a folio for $100 will be displayed as ($100.00).

  • When disabled, any negative amount is displayed with a minus (-). For example, a payment made to a folio for $100 will be displayed as -$100.00.

This flag can be enabled only when Symbol ($, €) option is selected as the display style. 

Date/Time

Long Date

The format for the long date. Users can either choose the DD MMM YYYY (for example, 04 Nov 2018) or the MMM DD, YYYY (for example, Nov 04, 2018) format

Short Date

The format for the short date. Users can either choose the DD/MM/YYYY or the MM/DD/YYYY format.

Time

The default time format. Users can either choose the 12-Hour or the 24-Hour format. The user also can choose whether to display the time with hours and minutes only (HH: MM) or with hours, minutes and seconds (HH: MM: SS).

Units of Measurement

Dimensions

Users can select from the following units of measurement to be used for measuring the dimensions of the rooms at the property:

  • Square Feet (SQFT)

  • Square Meter (SQM)

    By default, the Square Feet option is selected.

Click Save. The weekend days, language, currency, and date/time format are now successfully updated for the property.