System values

The system values of the primary language on the server are used as server-wide cultural and linguistic defaults. Therefore, if you change the primary language on the server, each varying system value resets to the default system value for the new primary language.

The following list shows the cultural and linguistic system values. To display or change these values, use the Work with System Value (WRKSYSVAL) command. A subset of language-dependent default system values (QCCSID, QCHRID, QCNTRYID, QCURSYM, QDATFMT, QDATSEP, QDECFMT, QKBDTYPE, QLANGID, and QTIMSEP) are shown in Default system values in the Reference section.

• Century (QCENTURY) system value
  The century (QCENTURY) system value is used to specify the century. It is used with the system values QDATE and QYEAR to determine the specific date currently being used by the server.
• Character identifier (QCHRID) system value
  The character identifier (QCHRID) is used to specify the character set and code page CHRID(*SYSVAL) for the CL commands that create, change, or override display files, display device descriptions, user interface (UIM) menus, panel groups, and printer files.
• Character identifier control (QCHRIDCTL) system value
  The character identifier control (QCHRIDCTL) system value controls the type of CCSID conversion that occurs for display files, printer files, and panel groups.
• Coded character set identifier (QCCSID) system value
  The coded character set identifier (QCCSID) is used to specify the CCSID for i5/OS™.
• Coordinated universal time offset (QUTCOFFSET) system value
  The coordinated universal time offset (QUTCOFFSET) is used to show the number of degrees, in hours and minutes, by which your local system differs from the zero meridian.
• Country or region identifier (QCNTRYID) system value
  The country or region identifier (QCNTRYID) is used to indicate the default country or region identifier for the system.
• Currency symbol (QCURSYM) system value
  The currency symbol (QCURSYM) is used to verify the currency symbols specified in the DDS keywords Edit Word (EDTWRD) and Edit Code (EDTCDE).
• System date (QDATE) system value
  The system date (QDATE) is used to indicate the year, the month, and the day on the system.
• Date format (QDATFMT) system value
  The date format (QDATFMT) is used for the default value for the DATFMT job attribute. QDATFMT is also used to determine the format in which a date can be specified on the initial program load (IPL) options prompt.
• Date separator (QDATSEP) system value
  The date separator (QDATSEP) is used as the date separator for the default value of the DATSEP job attribute. QDATSEP is also used as the date separator you can specify on the initial program load (IPL) options prompt.
• Day of the month (QDAY) system value
  The day of the month (QDAY) is used to indicate the day of the month on the system. This value must be a valid day of the month or a valid day of the year (if you are using the Julian date format).
• Day of week (QDAYOFWEEK) system value
  The day of week (QDAYOFWEEK) system value specifies the day of the week on the system.
• DBCS system indicator (QIGC) system value
  The DBCS system indicator (QIGC) is used to specify whether a double-byte character set (DBCS) national language version is installed. This value is set when the primary national language version is installed.
• DBCS font name (QIGCCDEFNT) system value
  The DBCS font name (QIGCCDEFNT) is used when transforming SNA character string (SCS) data into an Advanced Function Presentation™ data stream (AFPDS) spooled file with shift in/shift out (SI/SO) characters present in the data.
• Decimal format (QDECFMT) system value
  This decimal format (QDECFMT) has two functions.
• Language identifier (QLANGID) system value
  The language identifier (QLANGID) is used to specify the default language identifier for the server.
• Language indicator for keyboards (QKBDTYPE) system value
  The language indicator for keyboards (QKBDTYPE) is used to specify the language character set for the keyboard.
• Leap-year adjustment (QLEAPADJ) system value
  The leap-year adjustment (QLEAPADJ) is used to adjust the system algorithms for the leap year in different calendar systems.
• Locale (QLOCALE) system value
  The locale (QLOCALE) system value is used to specify a locale object that can determine how data is processed, printed, and displayed. Locales can define the language used by the system, cultural data of that language, and the type of characters displayed or printed.
• Month of the year (QMONTH) system value
  The month of the year (QMONTH) is used to indicate the month of the year on the server.
• Set job attributes (QSETJOBATR) system value
  The set job attributes (QSETJOBATR) is used to set job attributes at job startup time.
• Sort sequence (QSRTSEQ) system value
  The sort sequence (QSRTSEQ), along with QLANGID, is used to determine the sort sequence table to be used for sorting character data.
• System library list (QSYSLIBL) system value
  The system library list (QSYSLIBL) is used as the first part of the library list associated with a job.
• Time separator (QTIMSEP) system value
  The time separator (QTIMSEP) is used to specify the character separator for time.
• Year (QYEAR) system value
  The year (QYEAR) is used to specify the last 2 digits of the year on the system.