L2/01-102
SC22/WG20 N818

POSIX locale for registration with ISO/IEC 15897


Source: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC22/WG15
Date:  2001-02-08

 

POSIX locale, Narrative Cultural Specification

Users: general, applications: general
Source: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
Token identifier: posix,_1.3
POSIX-locale: posix,_1.3

Clause 1: Alphanumeric deterministic ordering

Ordering in the standard POSIX locale is according to the code point order of ISO/IEC 646:1993.

Clause 2: Classification of characters

The POSIX locale uses normal classification of characters, such as letters, digits, punctuation and control characters, and letters are mapped between uppercase and lowercase.

Clause 3: Numeric formatting

The decimal separator is FULL STOP "."
The thousands separator is void.
There is no grouping of large numbers.

Clause 4: Monetary formatting

The monetary formatting is not specified, as this specification should be usable in many international environments.

Clause 5: Date and time conventions

The weekday and month names are written with English names.

Weekday name

Short weekday name

Sunday

Sun

Monday

Mon

Tuesday

Tue

Wednesday

Wed

Thursday

Thu

Friday

Fri

Saturday

Sat

 

 

 

 

Month name

Short month name

January

Jan

February

Feb

March

Mar

April

Apr

May

May

June

Jun

July

Jul

August

Aug

September

Sep

October

Oct

November

Nov

December

Dec

 

 

 

Abbreviated day and time:

Tue Jun  7 18:06:20 1994

Numeric date:

06/07/94

Time:

18:06:20

12-hour time:

06:06:20 PM

 

 

The abbreviations used for before or after noon are "AM" and "PM" respectively.

Clause 6: Affirmative and negative answers

Yes expressions: strings starting with

"Y" or "y"

(= Yes)

No expressions: strings starting with

"N" or "n"

(= No)

 

 

 

End of Narrative Cultural Specification.

POSIX locale

# POSIX Standard Locale
#
# As per ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 specifications
# except for these additional identifying comments
#
# Source: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 Secretariat
# Address: 8457 Rushing Creek Court
#         Springfield, VA 22153 U.S.A.
# Contact: William C. Rinehuls
# Email: rinehuls@radix.net
# Tel:  +1 703 912-9680
# Fax:  +1 703 912-2973
# Language: POSIX
# Territory: 
# Revision: 1.3
# Date: 1999-06-25
# Application: general
# Users: general
# Repertoiremap: POSIX
# Charset: ISO646:1993
# Distribution and use is free, also for
# commercial purposes.
 
LC_CTYPE
# The following is the POSIX Locale LC_CTYPE.
# "alpha" is by default "upper" and "lower"
# "alnum" is by definiton "alpha" and "digit"
# "print" is by default "alnum", "punct" and the <space> character
# "graph" is by default "alnum" and "punct"
#
upper   <A>;<B>;<C>;<D>;<E>;<F>;<G>;<H>;<I>;<J>;<K>;<L>;<M>\
        <N>;<O>;<P>;<Q>;<R>;<S>;<T>;<U>;<V>;<W>;<X>;<Y>;<Z>
#
lower   <a>;<b>;<c>;<d>;<e>;<f>;<g>;<h>;<i>;<j>;<k>;<l>;<m>\
        <n>;<o>;<p>;<q>;<r>;<s>;<t>;<u>;<v>;<w>;<x>;<y>;<z>
#
digit   <zero>;<one>;<two>;<three>;<four>;\
        <five>;<six>;<seven>;<eight>;<nine>
#
space   <tab>;<newline>;<vertical-tab>;<form-feed>;\
        <carriage-return>;<space>
#
cntrl   <alert>;<backspace>;<tab>;<newline>;<vertical-tab>;\
        <form-feed>;<carriage-return>;\
        <NUL>;<SOH>;<STX>;<ETX>;<EOT>;<ENQ>;<ACK>;<SO>;<SI>\
        <DLE>;<DC1>;<DC2>;<DC3>;<DC4>;<NAK>;<SYN>;<ETB>;<CAN>;\
        <EM>;<SUB>;<ESC>;<IS4>;<IS3>;<IS2>;<IS1>;<DEL>
#
punct   <exclamation-mark>;<quotation-mark>;<number-sign>;\
        <dollar-sign>;<percent-sign>;<ampersand>;<apostrophe>;\
        <left-parenthesis>;<right-parenthesis>;<asterisk>;\
        <plus-sign>;<comma>;<hyphen>;<period>;<slash>;\
        <colon>;<semicolon>;<less-than-sign>;<equals-sign>;\
        <greater-than-sign>;<question-mark>;<commercial-at>;\
        <left-square-bracket>;<backslash>;<right-square-bracket>;\
        <circumflex>;<underscore>;<grave-accent>;\
        <left-curly-bracket>;<vertical-line>;<right-curly-bracket>;<tilde>;
#
xdigit  <zero>;<one>;<two>;<three>;<four>;<five>;<six>;<seven>;<eight>;\
        <nine>;<A>;<B>;<C>;<D>;<E>;<F>;<a>;<b>;<c>;<d>;<e>;<f>
#
blank   <space>;<tab>
#
tolower (<A>,<a>);(<B>,<b>);(<C>,<c>);(<D>,<d>);(<E>,<e>);\
        (<F>,<f>);(<G>,<g>);(<H>,<h>);(<I>,<i>);(<J>,<j>);\
        (<K>,<k>);(<L>,<l>);(<M>,<m>);(<N>,<n>);(<O>,<o>);\
        (<P>,<p>);(<Q>,<q>);(<R>,<r>);(<S>,<s>);(<T>,<t>);\
        (<U>,<u>);(<V>,<v>);(<W>,<w>);(<X>,<x>);(<Y>,<y>);(<Z>,<z>);
#
toupper (<a>,<A>);(<b>,<B>);(<c>,<C>);(<d>,<D>);(<e>,<E>);\
        (<f>,<F>);(<g>,<G>);(<h>,<H>);(<i>,<I>);(<j>,<J>);\
        (<k>,<K>);(<l>,<L>);(<m>,<M>);(<n>,<N>);(<o>,<O>);\
        (<p>,<P>);(<q>,<Q>);(<r>,<R>);(<s>,<S>);(<t>,<T>);\
        (<u>,<U>);(<v>,<V>);(<w>,<W>);(<x>,<X>);(<y>,<Y>);(<z>,<Z>);
END LC_CTYPE
 
LC_COLLATE
# This is the POSIX Locale definition for the LC_COLLATE category.
# The order is the same as in the ASCII code set.
order_start forward
<NUL>   
<SOH>   
<STX>   
<ETX>   
<EOT>   
<ENQ>   
<ACK>   
<alert> 
<backspace>    
<tab>   
<newline>      
<vertical-tab> 
<form-feed>    
<carriage-return>      
<SI>
<SO>
<DLE>   
<DC1>   
<DC2>   
<DC3>   
<DC4>   
<NAK>   
<SYN>   
<ETB>   
<CAN>   
<EM>
<SUB>   
<ESC>   
<IS4>   
<IS3>   
<IS2>   
<IS1>   
<space> 
<exclamation-mark>     
<quotation-mark>       
<number-sign>  
<dollar-sign>  
<percent-sign> 
<ampersand>    
<apostrophe>   
<left-parenthesis>     
<right-parenthesis>    
<asterisk>     
<plus-sign>    
<comma> 
<hyphen>       
<period>       
<slash> 
<zero>  
<one>   
<two>   
<three> 
<four>  
<five>  
<seven> 
<eight> 
<nine>  
<colon> 
<semicolon>    
<less-than-sign>       
<equals-sign>  
<greater-than-sign>    
<question-mark> 
<commercial-at> 
<A>     
<B>     
<C>     
<D>     
<E>     
<F>     
<G>     
<H>     
<I>     
<J>     
<K>     
<L>     
<M>     
<N>     
<O>     
<P>     
<Q>     
<R>     
<S>     
<T>     
<U>     
<V>     
<W>     
<X>     
<Y>     
<Z>     
<left-square-bracket>  
<backslash>    
<right-square-bracket> 
<circumflex>   
<underscore>   
<grave-accent> 
<a>     
<b>     
<c>     
<d>     
<e>     
<f>     
<g>     
<h>     
<i>     
<j>     
<k>     
<l>     
<m>     
<n>     
<o>     
<p>     
<q>     
<r>     
<s>     
<t>     
<u>     
<v>     
<w>     
<y>     
<z>     
<left-curly-bracket>   
<vertical-line> 
<right-curly-bracket>  
<tilde> 
<DEL>   
order_end
#
END LC_COLLATE
 
LC_MONETARY
# This is the POSIX Locale definition for
# the LC_MONETARY category.
#
int_curr_symbol     ""
currency_symbol     ""
mon_decimal_point   ""
mon_thousands_sep   ""
mon_grouping        -1
positive_sign       ""
negative_sign       ""
int_frac_digits     -1
frac_digits         -1
p_cs_precedes       -1
p_sep_by_space      -1
n_cs_precedes       -1
n_sep_by_space      -1
p_sign_posn         -1
n_sign_posn         -1
#
END LC_MONETARY
 
LC_NUMERIC
# This is the POSIX Locale definition for
# the LC_NUMERIC category.
#
decimal_point   "<period>"
thousands_sep   ""
grouping        -1
#
END LC_NUMERIC
 
LC_TIME
# This is the POSIX Locale definition for
# the LC_TIME category.
#
# Abbreviated weekday names (%s)
abday   "<S><u><n>";"<M><o><n>";"<T><u><e>";"<W><e><d>";\
        "<T><h><u>";"<F><r><i>";"<S><a><t>"
#
# Full weekday names (%A)
day     "<S><u><n><d><a><y>";"<M><o><n><d><a><y>";\
        "<T><u><e><s><d><a><y>";"<W><e><d><n><e><s><d><a><y>";\
        "<T><h><u><r><s><d><a><y>";"<F><r><i><d><a><y>";\
        "<S><a><t><u><r><d><a><y>"
#
# Abbreviated month names (%b)
abmon   "<J><a><n>";"<F><e><b>";"<M><a><r>";\
        "<A><p><r>";"<M><a><y>";"<J><u><n>";\
        "<J><u><l>";"<A><u><g>";"<S><e><p>";\
        "<O><c><t>";"<N><o><v>";"<D><e><c>"
#
# Full month names (%B)
mon     "<J><a><n><u><a><r><y>";"<F><e><b><r><u><a><r><y>";\
        "<M><a><r><c><h>";"<A><p><r><i><l>";\
        "<M><a><y>";"<J><u><n><e>";\
        "<J><u><l><y>";"<A><u><g><u><s><t>";\
        "<S><e><p><t><e><m><b><e><r>";"<O><c><t><o><b><e><r>";\
        "<N><o><v><e><m><b><e><r>";"<D><e><c><e><m><b><e><r>"
# 
# Equivalent of AM/PM (%p)      "AM"/"PM"
am_pm   "<A><M>";"<P><M>"
#
# Appropriate date and time representation (%c)
#       "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y"
d_t_fmt "<percent-sign><a><space><percent-sign><b><space><percent-sign><e>\
<space><percent-sign><H><colon><percent-sign><M>\
<colon><percent-sign><S><space><percent-sign><Y>"
#
# Appropriate date representation (%x)   "%m/%d/%y"
d_fmt   "<percent-sign><m><slash><percent-sign><d><slash><percent-sign><y>"
#
# Appropriate time representation (%X)   "%H:%M:%S"
t_fmt   "<percent-sign><H><colon><percent-sign><M><colon><percent-sign><S>"
#
# Appropriate 12 h time representation (%Xr   "%I:%M:%S %p"
t_fmt_ampm "<percent-sign><I><colon><percent-sign><M><colon><percent-sign><S><space><percent-sign><p>"
#
END LC_TIME
 
LC_MESSAGES
# This is the POSIX Locale definition for
# the LC_MESSAGES category.
#
yesexpr "<circumflex><left-square-bracket><y><Y><right-square-bracket>"
#
noexpr  "<circumflex><left-square-bracket><n><N><right-square-bracket>"
END LC_MESSAGES