Use i5/OS™ international system values to view and change the system's locale values and how numbers, currencies, dates, and time are displayed.
To access the international category of system values, select Configuration and Services in iSeries™ Navigator. Then, select System Values.
If you are familiar with the i5/OS character-based interface, you will notice that iSeries Navigator uses descriptive words to describe the system values. For a quick overview of the international system values available in iSeries Navigator (and their counterparts in the character-based interface), refer to the following table. Follow the links to learn more about each system value.
International system values:
| Name in iSeries Navigator | Description of system value | Name in character-based interface |
|---|---|---|
| Date and time | Sets the format to use when displaying the date. You may also specify the symbol used to separate the date and time values. | QDATFMT, QTIMSEP, QDATSEP |
| Decimal format | Specifies the format used when displaying numbers. | QDECFMT |
| Currency symbol | Sets the symbol to use when displaying currency values. | QCURSYM |
| Language | Sets the language to be used on the system. | QLANGID |
| Country/Region | Sets the country/region used by the system. | QCNTRYID |
| Default system keyboard | Sets the keyboard type used on the system. | QKBDTYPE |
| Coded character set ID | Specifies the coded character set ID. | QCCSID |
| Graphic character set/Code page | Sets graphic character set and code page for the system. | QCHRID |
| Character identifier control | Sets the character identifier control. | QCHRIDCTL |
| Sort sequence | Specifies the sort sequence used on the system. | QSRTSEQ |
| Coded font name | Specifies the coded font name to be used on the system. | QIGCCDEFNT |
| Coded font point size | Specifies the coded font point size to be used on the system. | QIGCFNTSIZ |
| Locale | Specifies the locale to be used on the system. | QLOCALE |
| Set job attributes based on locale | Sets specific job attributes based on locale. | QSETJOBATR |
| Double-byte capable | Specifies whether double-byte coded character (DBCS) version of the system is installed. | QIGC |