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<title>Work with locales</title>
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<body id="rbagslocale"><a name="rbagslocale"><!-- --></a>
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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Work with locales</h1>
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<div><p>Locales are used primarily in ILE-based application programs. Additionally,
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the Retrieve Locale Information (OPM, QLGRTVLC; ILE, QlgRetrieveLocaleInformation)
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API retrieves one or all categories of a locale.</p>
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<div class="section" id="rbagslocale__HDRLOCALEBENEFITS"><a name="rbagslocale__HDRLOCALEBENEFITS"><!-- --></a><h4 class="sectiontitle">Benefits of using locales in global
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applications</h4><p>Applications can be created independent of language,
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cultural data, or specific characters. Locales can be accessed to provide
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this type of support to any integrated language environment-based application.</p>
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<p>For
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example, the LC_TIME category within a locale can be defined in any of the
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following ways, or in any combination that is convenient for the environment
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in which the application runs:</p>
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<ul><li>HH:MM:SS</li>
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<li>MM:SS:HH</li>
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<li>SS:MM:HH</li>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Create locales</h4><p>Locales are created
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using the Create Locale (CRTLOCALE) command. The source file used to create
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the locale is named QLOCALESRC, in the QSYSLOCALE library. This library is
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loaded with option 21 of the operating system. These source files cannot be
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changed. Instead, they must be copied and then edited if changes are required.</p>
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<ul class="ullinks">
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbagslocalerestrictions.htm">Locale restrictions</a></strong><br />
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This list contains restrictions when using locales to set job attributes.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbagslocalecatdetail.htm">Locale categories</a></strong><br />
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This table describes the locale categories that are supported on i5/OS™.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbagslocalesymbolicnames.htm">Locale symbolic names</a></strong><br />
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i5/OS™ supports
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locale symbolic names based on predefined names from the X/Open Standard portable
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character set.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbagslocaleprogexamp.htm">Examples: Locale programming</a></strong><br />
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In addition to the examples in this topic, The locale categories information provides programming examples for each of the different locale categories.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbagshandlingdata.htm" title="There are ways in which the operating system enables you to handle data in a globalized environment. These topics describe Unicode and Unicode data, the Chinese standard GB18030, how to use CCSIDs to integrate multiple language environments consistently, and how to use bidirectional data, DBCS data, and locales.">Handle data in globalized applications</a></div>
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</div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rbagslocaleover.htm" title="A locale is an object that can determine how data is processed, printed, and displayed.">Locales</a></div>
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<div><a href="rbagsinstalllocales.htm" title="If you are installing a new release, you can request that library QSYSLOCALE be installed on the system at that time.">Install and enable locales</a></div>
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<div><a href="rbagssyssuplocalesourcedef.htm" title="The system-supplied locale source definition file members are in the optionally installable library QSYSLOCALE in the QLOCALESRC source file. The source file members are encoded in CCSID 37 and are read only.">System-supplied locales and recommended CCSIDs</a></div>
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<div><a href="rbagsixamplecreatelocale.htm" title="This example contains the steps necessary for creating a locale. The example also shows how to enable the locale.">Example: Create a locale</a></div>
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</div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../apis/QLGRTVLC.htm">Retrieve Locale Information (QLGRTVLC) API</a></div>
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<div><a href="../apiref/api.htm">Application programming interfaces (APIs)</a></div>
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<div><a href="../cl/crtlocale.htm">Create Locale (CRTLOCALE) command</a></div>
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