# The function of determining the language of the region

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-function-of-determining-the-language-of-the-region/1485845>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Created:** [September 3, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-function-of-determining-the-language-of-the-region/1485845 "2021-09-03T14:31:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-function-of-determining-the-language-of-the-region/1485845/1 "2021-09-03T14:31:01Z")

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How to make a function in the application that will recognize when a user enters the application his region and automatically detect the language of the region?

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**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-function-of-determining-the-language-of-the-region/1485845/2 "2021-09-03T14:38:56Z")

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Try this in a `web viewer` it will display the region.

> [@Api request unix timestamp](https://community.thunkable.com/t/api-request-unix-timestamp/1467381/4):
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> Another trick (for Android only) Add a web viewer to your screen and in the URL add this data:text/html,\<meta charset="utf-8"\> \<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/\> \<h4\>Unix To Standard Date\</h4\> \<div id="DisplayDate"\>\</div\> \<script\> document.getElementById('DisplayDate').innerHTML = new Date(162984485300).toString(); \</script\> You should see the human readable date of the Unix date number given. Of course you can put this string in a variable and change th…

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**Author:** ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/the-function-of-determining-the-language-of-the-region/1485845/3 "2024-11-08T13:17:00Z")

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