Client Cultures

Dayforce Implementation Guide

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R2025.2.1
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2025-12-01
Client Cultures

Client cultures determine the language of the user interface and other regional settings that may vary by country, such as date format. You configure cultures in Site Setup > Client, in the Cultures tab.

The core languages available in Dayforce are:

Dayforce core languages
Country or Region Language Culture Name in Dayforce Culture Code
United States English English (United States) en-US
United Kingdom English English (United Kingdom) en-UK
Canada French Français (Canada) fr-CA
Latin America Spanish Español (Latinoamérica) es-419

The following additional languages are available when you purchase the language pack:

Dayforce additional languages
Country Language Culture Name in Dayforce Culture Code
Albania Albanian Albanian (Albania) sq-AL
Argentina Spanish Español (República Argentina) es-AR
Australia English English (Australia) en-AU
Brazil Portuguese Português (Brasil) pt-BR
Bulgaria Bulgarian български (България) bg-BG
Canada English English (Canada) en-CA
Chile Spanish español (República de Chile) es-CL
China Chinese (Simplified) 中文(中国) zh-CN
Colombia Spanish español (República de Colombia) es-CO
Costa Rica Spanish español (República de Costa Rica) es-CR
Croatia Croatian Hrvatski (Hrvatska) hr-HR
Czech Republic Czech Čeština (Česko) cs-CZ
Denmark Danish Dansk (Danmark) da-DK
Estonia Estonian eesti (Eesti) et-EE
Finland Finnish suomi (Suomi) fi-FI
France French Français (France) fr-FR
Germany German Deutsch (Deutschland) de-DE
Greece Greek Ελληνικά (Ελλάδα) el-GR
Guatemala Spanish español (Guatemala) es-GT
Hungary Hungarian Magyar (Magyarország) hu-HU
India Hindi हिन्दी (भारत) hi-IN
Indonesia Indonesian Indonesian (Indonesia) id-ID
Ireland English English (Ireland) en-IE
Italy Italian Italiano (Italy) it-IT
Japan Japanese 日本語 (日本) ja-JP
Korea Korean 한국어(대한민국) ko-KR
Latvia Latvian latviešu (Latvija) lv-LV
Lithuania Lithuanian lietuviu (Lietuva) lt-LT
Malaysia Malay Melayu (Malaysia) ms-MY
Malta Maltese Malti (Malta) mt-MT
Mauritius English English (Mauritius) en-MU
Mexico Spanish Español (México) es-MX
Netherlands Dutch Nederlands (Nederland) nl-NL
New Zealand English English (New Zealand) en-NZ
Northern Macedonia Macedonian Macedonian (Northern Macedonian) mk-MK
Norway Norwegian Norsk bokmål (Norge) nb-NO
Panama Spanish Español (República de Panamá) es-PA
Peru Spanish español (Perú) es-PE
Philippines Filipino Filipino (Pilipinas) fil-PH
Poland Polish Polski (Polska) pl-PL
Portugal Portuguese Português (Portugal) pt-PT
Romania Romanian Română (România) ro-RO
Russia Russian Russian (Russia) ru-RU
Serbia Serbian Srpski (Srbija) sr-Latn-RS
Singapore Chinese (Simplified) 中文(新加坡) zh-Hans-SG
Singapore English English (Singapore) en-SG
Slovakia Slovak Slovenčina (Slovensko) sk-SK
Slovenia Slovenian Slovenian (Slovenia) sl-SI
Spain Spanish español (España, alfabetización internacional) es-ES
Sweden Swedish Svenska (Sverige) sv-SE
Thailand Thai ไทย (ไทย) th-TH
Turkey Turkish Türkçe (Türkiye) tr-TR
Vietnam Vietnamese Tiếng Việt (Việt Nam) vi-VN
  Chinese (Traditional) 中文(繁体) zh-Hant
  Chinese (Simplified) 中文(简体) zh-Hans

Note: English (Australia) and English (New Zealand) client cultures are available but aren't yet fully supported in the user interface. This might affect the formatting of UI elements, such as calendars, dates, numbers, or other characters.

To review culture information for your organization and confirm the default culture: 

  1. Go to Site Setup > Client and click the Cultures tab.
  2. If it’s not already selected, select the checkbox for your organization's default culture in the Default column and click Save.
  3. Verify that the list contains all of the required cultures.

To add a culture to the list:

  1. Go to Site Setup > Client and click the Cultures tab.
  2. Click Add.
  3. Click the field in the Culture column to expand the Culture drop-down list and select a culture. Dayforce populates the Name and Description columns according to your selection.
  4. Click Save.

Note: Dayforce translates labels in the user interface (UI) and might translate all, some, or none of the Dayforce administrator and user guides, release notes, and interface specifications.