langinfo(5)langinfo(5)NAMElanginfo - language information constants
SYNOPSISDESCRIPTION
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 ALSOdate(1), localedef(1M), getdate(3C), localeconv(3C), nl_langinfo(3C),
setlocale(3C), strftime(3C), lang(5).
langinfo(5)
