A locale is an object that can determine how data is processed, printed, and displayed.
Locales are made up of categories that define language, cultural data, and character sets. These combinations of language, cultural data, and character sets comprise a locale. The locale support is provided to supplement the job value options that i5/OS™ previously has provided.
Many locales are included with i5/OS. In addition, locale definition source files are provided for locale customizations. A locale definition source file contains one or more categories that describe (or make up) a locale.