Organization default locale language and time zone

Key Takeaway

Org defaults for language, locale, and time zone are starting values that each user's personal settings override. Default Language still sets the language in which customizations are stored.

Every Salesforce org has org defaults: company-wide values for language, locale, and time zone. They give new users a starting point for how text, dates, numbers, names, and times appear. Each user can then override them in personal settings to match where and how they work.

Org defaults and personal settings

An admin sets the org defaults on the Company Information page (from Setup, enter Company Information in Quick Find, then click Edit). Users set their own values in personal settings under Language & Time Zone. This split between org defaults and personal settings is the same in single-currency and multiple-currency orgs.

Think of the org defaults as starting values, because a user's personal setting overrides each one:

Org default	Personal setting that overrides it	What the org default is
Default Language	Language	The value selected for new users
Default Locale	Locale	The value selected for new users
Default Time Zone	Time Zone	The primary time zone where the org is located

Personal Edition is an exception to personal overrides: there, the org-level language and locale apply.

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Organization default locale language and time zone

Key Takeaway

Org defaults for language, locale, and time zone are starting values that each user's personal settings override. Default Language still sets the language in which customizations are stored.

Org defaults and personal settings

Think of the org defaults as starting values, because a user's personal setting overrides each one:

Org default	Personal setting that overrides it	What the org default is
Default Language	Language	The value selected for new users
Default Locale	Locale	The value selected for new users
Default Time Zone	Time Zone	The primary time zone where the org is located

Personal Edition is an exception to personal overrides: there, the org-level language and locale apply.