langinfo(5)							File Formats Manual						       langinfo(5)

NAME

       langinfo - language information constants

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       This  header file contains the constants used to identify items of data (see nl_langinfo(3C)).  The mode of items is given in The following
       constants are defined.  (Category indicates in which category each item is defined).

       Constant      Category	   Description
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       CODESET	     LC_CTYPE	   Codeset name, such as and
       D_T_FMT	     LC_TIME	   String for formatting the (date and
				   time) directive of and
       D_FMT	     LC_TIME	   String  for	formatting  the (date)
				   directive of and
       T_FMT	     LC_TIME	   String for  formatting  the	(time)
				   directive of and
       T_FMT_AMPM    LC_TIME	   Time  representation in the 12 hour
				   clock format with and
       AM_STR	     LC_TIME	   Ante meridiem string used  with  12
				   hour time formats in English).
       PM_STR	     LC_TIME	   Post  meridiem  string used with 12
				   hour time formats in English).
       DAY_1	     LC_TIME	   Name of the first day of  the  week
				   in English).
	 ...	       ...	     ...
       DAY_7	     LC_TIME	   Name  of  the  seventh  day	of the
				   week.
       ABDAY_1	     LC_TIME	   Abbreviated name of the  first  day
				   of the week in English).
	 ...	       ...	     ...
       ABDAY_7	     LC_TIME	   Abbreviated name of the seventh day
				   of the week.
       MON_1	     LC_TIME	   Name of the first month in the Gre-
				   gorian year.
	 ...	       ...	     ...
       MON_12	     LC_TIME	   Name of the twelfth month.
       ABMON_1	     LC_TIME	   Abbreviated	 name	of  the  first
				   month.
	 ...	       ...	     ...
       ABMON_12      LC_TIME	   Abbreviated	name  of  the  twelfth
				   month.
       ERA	     LC_TIME	   The era description segments, which
				   describe how years are counted  and
				   displayed for each era in a locale.
				   Each era  description  segment  has
				   the format:

				   according   to   the   descriptions
				   below.  There will be as  many  era
				   description	segments as are neces-
				   sary  to  describe  the   different
				   eras.  Era description segments are
				   separated by semicolons.
				   Note that the start of an era might
				   not	be  the  earliest point in the
				   era; it might be the  latest.   For
				   example,   the   Christian  era  BC
				   starts on the day before January 1,
				   AD  1,  and	increases with earlier
				   time.

				   direction: Either a or a character.
				   The	character indicates that years
				   closer to the  have	lower  numbers
				   than those closer to the
				   offset:  The  number  of  the  year
				   closest to the  start_date  in  the
				   era.
				   start_date:	A  date  in the format
				   where yyyy, mm, dd  are  the  year,
				   month, and day numbers respectively
				   of the start  of  the  era.	 Years
				   prior  to  AD  1 are represented as
				   negative numbers.
				   end_date: The ending  date  of  the
				   era,  in  the  same	format	as the
				   start_date or one of the  two  spe-
				   cial  values or The value indicates
				   that the ending date is the	begin-
				   ning  of time.  The value indicates
				   that the ending date is the end  of
				   time.
				   era_name: The era, corresponding to
				   the conversion specification.
				   era_format: The format of the  year
				   in  the  era,  corresponding to the
				   conversion specification.
       ERA_D_FMT     LC_TIME	   Format string  for  formatting  the
				   (Emperor/Era  name and year) direc-
				   tive of and if  an  individual  era
				   format  is not specified for an era
				   (see localedef(1M)).
       ERA_D_T_FMT   LC_TIME	   The locale's  appropriate  alterna-
				   tive  date  and time format, corre-
				   sponding to the field descriptor.
       ERA_T_FMT     LC_TIME	   The locale's  appropriate  alterna-
				   tive  date  and time format, corre-
				   sponding to the field descriptor.
       ALT_DIGITS    LC_NUMERIC    The alternative symbols for digits,
				   corresponding   to  the  conversion
				   specification modifier.  The  value
				   consists   of  semicolon  separated
				   strings.  The first string  is  the
				   alternative	 symbol  corresponding
				   with zero, the second string corre-
				   sponding  with one, etc.  Up to 100
				   alternate  symbol  strings  may  be
				   specified.
       RADIXCHAR     LC_NUMERIC    Radix character ("decimal point" in
				   English).  The string  returned  is
				   the	same  as  the  element	in the
				   structure returned by
       THOUSEP	     LC_NUMERIC    Separator   for   thousands.    The
				   string  returned is the same as the
				   element in the  structure  returned
				   by
       YESEXPR	     LC_MESSAGES   Affirmative response extended regu-
				   lar expression.
       NOEXPR	     LC_MESSAGES   Negative response extended  regular
				   expression.
       YESSTR	     LC_MESSAGES   Affirmative	 response  for	yes/no
				   questions. (Obsolete: use
       NOSTR	     LC_MESSAGES   Negative response for yes/no  ques-
				   tions. (Obsolete: use

       CRNCYSTR      LC_MONETARY   Symbol  for currency preceded by if
				   it precedes the number, if it  fol-
				   lows the number, and if it replaces
				   the radix.  For example,  would  be
				   used  for  for  and for See locale-
				   conv(3C) for  alternative  currency
				   formatting information.
       DIRECTION     LC_CTYPE	   Value  to  indicate text direction.
				   Values  currently  defined  include
				   and	Values	of  or	indicate  that
				   characters are arranged  from  left
				   to  right  within  a line and lines
				   are arranged from top to bottom.  A
				   value  of indicates that characters
				   are arranged  from  right  to  left
				   within   a	line   and  lines  are
				   arranged from top to bottom.  (This
				   constant is an HP proprietary item,
				   subject to change, and may  not  be
				   portable to other platforms.)
       CONTEXT	     LC_CTYPE	   String indicating character context
				   analysis.  String or  indicates  no
				   context   analysis	is   required.
				   String  indicates  Arabic   context
				   analysis required.
       ALT_DIGIT     LC_NUMERIC    A string of the characters that are
				   mapped into	the  ASCII  equivalent
				   string  (where b is a blank).  This
				   is also  the  reverse  mapping  for
				   output.  It is not assumed that the
				   character code values of digits are
				   contiguous  or  that  they  are one
				   byte values.  A null value for  the
				   string  indicates that the language
				   has no alternative  digits.	 (This
				   constant is an HP proprietary item,
				   subject to change, and may  not  be
				   portable to other platforms.)
       ALT_PUNCT     LC_CTYPE	   A string of the characters that are
				   mapped into	the  ASCII  equivalent
				   string
				   b!"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[]^_`{|}~
				   (where  b  is  a blank) in American
				   usage.  This is  also  the  reverse
				   mapping  for  output.   It  is  not
				   assumed  that  the  character  code
				   values  of  punctuation  characters
				   are contiguous or that they are one
				   byte  values.   If  any punctuation
				   characters do not  have  equivalent
				   alternatives,  ASCII codes are used
				   in  the   alternative   punctuation
				   string.    A  null  value  for  the
				   string indicates that the  language
				   has	 no   alternative  punctuation
				   characters.	(This constant	is  an
				   HP  proprietary  item,  subject  to
				   change, and may not be portable  to
				   other platforms.)
       YEAR_UNIT     LC_TIME	   Symbol  for	year.  This is usually
				   required to specify date for  Asian
				   languages.  (This constant is an HP
				   proprietary	 item,	 subject    to
				   change,  and may not be portable to
				   other platforms.)

       MON_UNIT      LC_TIME	   Symbol for month.   (This  constant
				   is  an HP proprietary item, subject
				   to change, and may not be  portable
				   to other platforms.)
       DAY_UNIT      LC_TIME	   Symbol  for day.  (This constant is
				   an HP proprietary item, subject  to
				   change,  and may not be portable to
				   other platforms.)
       HOUR_UNIT     LC_TIME	   Symbol for hour.  This  is  usually
				   required  to specify time for Asian
				   languages.  (This constant is an HP
				   proprietary	  item,   subject   to
				   change, and may not be portable  to
				   other platforms.)
       MIN_UNIT      LC_TIME	   Symbol  for minute.	(This constant
				   is an HP proprietary item,  subject
				   to  change, and may not be portable
				   to other platforms.)
       SEC_UNIT      LC_TIME	   Symbol for second.  (This  constant
				   is  an HP proprietary item, subject
				   to change, and may not be  portable
				   to other platforms.)
       CHARMAP	     LC_COLLATE    The	name  of  the  charmap used to
		     LC_CTYPE	   compile this  locale.   (This  con-
				   stant  is  an  HP proprietary item,
				   subject to change, and may  not  be
				   portable to other platforms.)

WARNINGS

       It  is  recommended that you use to access date and time information defined in (see strftime(3C)), and to access information corresponding
       to and (see localeconv(3C)).

AUTHOR

       was developed by HP.

SEE ALSO

       date(1), localedef(1M), getdate(3C), localeconv(3C), nl_langinfo(3C), setlocale(3C), strftime(3C), lang(5).

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