diff --git a/include/stdex/chrono.hpp b/include/stdex/chrono.hpp
index da0b30889..0dee95ac1 100644
--- a/include/stdex/chrono.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/chrono.hpp
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ namespace stdex {
 			template<class TR = std::char_traits<char>, class AX = std::allocator<char>>
 			static std::basic_string<char, TR, AX> to_rfc822(_In_ const time_point tp)
 			{
-				return to_str(tp, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", locale_C.get());
+				return to_str(tp, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", stdex::locale_C);
 			}
 		};
 	}
diff --git a/include/stdex/html.hpp b/include/stdex/html.hpp
index ebe26998f..aebefd09e 100644
--- a/include/stdex/html.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/html.hpp
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ namespace stdex
 			{
 				size_t n = str.size();
 				// Use %X instead of %p to ommit leading zeros and save space.
-				stdex::appendf(str, "%c%zX%c", stdex::locale_C.get(), token_tag_start, reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(this), token_tag_end);
+				stdex::appendf(str, "%c%zX%c", stdex::locale_C, token_tag_start, reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(this), token_tag_end);
 				return str.size() - n;
 			}
 
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ namespace stdex
 			size_t append_tag(_Inout_ std::basic_string<wchar_t, TR, AX>& str) const
 			{
 				// Use %X instead of %p to ommit leading zeros and save space.
-				return stdex::appendf(str, L"%c%zX%c", stdex::locale_C.get(), static_cast<wchar_t>(token_tag_start), reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(this), static_cast<wchar_t>(token_tag_end));
+				return stdex::appendf(str, L"%c%zX%c", stdex::locale_C, static_cast<wchar_t>(token_tag_start), reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(this), static_cast<wchar_t>(token_tag_end));
 			}
 
 			template<class T>
diff --git a/include/stdex/locale.hpp b/include/stdex/locale.hpp
index 7b1da7909..b5a3f4f10 100644
--- a/include/stdex/locale.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/locale.hpp
@@ -89,4 +89,24 @@ namespace stdex
 	/// Reusable C-locale
 	///
 	const inline locale locale_C(create_locale(LC_ALL, "C"));
+
+	///
+	/// Reusable UTF-8 locale
+	///
+	const inline locale locale_utf8(create_locale(LC_ALL, ".UTF-8"));
+
+	///
+	/// Reusable default charset locale
+	///
+	const inline locale locale_default(create_locale(LC_ALL,
+#ifdef WIN32
+#ifdef _CONSOLE
+		".OCP"
+#else
+		".ACP"
+#endif
+#else
+		""
+#endif
+		));
 }
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