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JavaScript and XPages reference
This reference describes the JavaScript™ language elements, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and other artifacts that you need to create scripts, plus the XPages simple actions.
Runtime (JavaScript)
The Runtime library contains classes that provide useful methods for globalization.
Locale (Runtime - JavaScript)
A Locale object represents a specific geographical, political, or cultural region. An operation that requires a Locale to perform its task is called locale-sensitive and uses the Locale to tailor information for the user. For example, displaying a number is a locale-sensitive operation because the number should be formatted according to the conventions of the user's native country, region, or culture.
getDisplayName (Locale - JavaScript)
Returns a name for the locale that is appropriate for display to the user. This will be the values returned by getDisplayLanguage(), getDisplayCountry(), and getDisplayVariant() assembled into a single string.

getDisplayName (Locale - JavaScript)

Returns a name for the locale that is appropriate for display to the user. This will be the values returned by getDisplayLanguage(), getDisplayCountry(), and getDisplayVariant() assembled into a single string.

The display name will have one of the following forms:

language (country, variant)
language (country)
language (variant)
country (variant)
language
country
variant

language (country) language (variant)

country (variant)depending on which fields are specified in the locale. If the language, country, and variant fields are all empty, this function returns the empty string..

Defined in

Locale (Runtime - JavaScript)

Syntax

getDisplayName() : string

getDisplayName(Locale:Locale) : string


Return value	Description
`string`	The name for the locale that is appropriate for display to the user