Updating Locale Settings in Magento 1.6 Carrie SmahaUpdated on August 16, 2021 1 Minute Read Locale options in Magento 1.6 define the local time and date settings as well as the weekend days of your Magento shopping cart. Weekend days are defined as the non-working days of the week in your area. Defining these days can help customers determine shipping methods and other aspects of shopping on your website. Setting the timeszone, locale language, first day of week, and the weekend days are done in the Magento 1.6 Admin Backend. Please feel free to visit our other Magento Tutorials in our Education Channel. Log into your Magento Admin Panel Go to System ->> Configuration In the left menu pane, click “General” under the “General” heading Open the section labeled “Locale“ Fill in each of the fields to set your “Timezone“, “Locale“, “First Day of Week“, and “Weekend Days“ Click “Save Config” For more step-by-step guides and practical tips, visit our Drupal Education Channel. Share this Article Carrie Smaha Senior Manager Marketing Operations Carrie Smaha is a digital strategy, web development, and SEO leader with 20 years of experience. She built her foundation in fast-paced agency environments before moving in-house to InMotion Hosting, where she leads go-to-market programs, agency initiatives, and technical product marketing that connects product capability to real customer decisions. More Articles by Carrie Related Articles 10 Magento Security Tips Changing the Magento 1.6 Login to Case Sensitive How to Allow Backorders in Magento 1.6 Changing the Year-To-Date Report Dashboard in Magento 1.6 Adding Store Email Addresses to Magento How to stop Displaying Product Reviews in Magento 1.6 How to Install Magento Manually Merging Javascript Files in Magento 1.6 How to Edit the Footer in Magento 1.6 Changing the Default Welcome Message in Magento 1.6