Languages and regions

Table 1 shows the time, date, and number formats accepted by the CLI for input data and used by the CLI to display output data. The formats depend on the language and region codes set for the LANG environment variable.

Note: In the following examples:
  • Double-byte characters such as those used in Chinese and Korean languages are represented by an x.
  • The time and date used in each example is 15:26:45 (3:26:45 PM) on 31 August 2018.
Table 1. Supported languages and regions
Language Region LANG and LC_ALL setting Time formats Date formats Number format
Chinese (Simplified) China zh_CN xx15:26
15:26:45
18-8-31
2018-8-31
1,234.56
Singapore zh_SG xx 15:26 31/08/18
31-xx-18
1,234.56
Chinese (Traditional) Taiwan zh_TW xx 15:26
xx 15:26:45
2018/8/31 1,234.56
Hong Kong S.A.R. zh_HK xx15:26
xx15:26:45
18x8x31x
2018x8x31x
1,234.56
Danish Denmark da_DK 15:26
15:26:45
31-08-18
31-08-2018
1.234,56
Dutch Netherlands nl_NL 15:26
15:26:45
31-8-18
31-aug-18
1.234,56
English Australia en_AU 3:26 PM
3:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1,234.56
Belgium en_BE 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/18
31 Aug 2018
1.234,56
Canada en_CA 3:26 PM
3:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31-Aug-18
1,234.56
Hong Kong S.A.R. en_HK 3:26 PM
3:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31-Aug-18
1,234.56
India en_IN 3:26 PM
3:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31-Aug-18
1,234.56
Ireland en_IE 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/2018
31 Aug 2018
1,234.56
New Zealand en_NZ 3:26 PM
3:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1,234.56
Philippines en_PH 3:26 PM
3:26:45 PM
8/31/18
08 31, 18
1,234.56
Republic of South Africa en_ZA 3:26 PM
3:26:45 PM
2018/08/31
31 Aug 2018
1,234.56
Singapore en_SG PM 03:26 31/08/18
31-Aug-18
1,234.56
United Kingdom en_UK 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/2018
31 Aug 2018
1,234.56
United States en_US 3:26 PM
3:26:45 PM
8/31/18
Aug 31, 2018
1,234.56
United States (POSIX) C 3:26 PM
3:26:45 PM
8/31/18
Aug 31, 2018
1234.56
French Belgium fr_BE 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/18
31-août-18
1.234,56
Canada fr_CA 15:26
15:26:45
18-08-31 1 234,56
France fr_FR 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/18
31 août 18
1 234,56
Luxembourg fr_LU 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/18
31 août 18
1.234,56
Switzerland fr_CH 15:26
15:26:45
31.08.18
31 août 18
1'234.56
German Austria de_AT 15:26
15:26:45
31.08.18
31.08.2018
1.234,56
Belgium de_BE 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/18
31-Aug-18
1.234,56
Germany de_DE 15:26
15:26:45
31.08.18
31.08.2018
1.234,56
Luxembourg de_LU 15:26
15:26:45
31.08.18
31.08.2018
1.234,56
Switzerland de_CH 15:26
15:26:45
31.08.18
31.08.2018
1'234,56
Italian Italy it_IT 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/18
31/ago/18
1.234,56
Switzerland it_CH 15:26
15:26:45
31.08.18
31-ago-18
1'234,56
Japanese Japan ja_JP 3:26
3:26:45
18/08/31
2018/08/31
1,234.56
Korean Korea ko_KR xx 15:26
xx 15:26:45
18. 08. 31
2018. 08. 31
1,234.56
Portuguese Brazil pt_BR 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1.234,56
Portugal pt_PT 15:26
15:26:45
31-08-2018
31/Ago/2018
1.234,56
Spanish Argentina es_AR 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1.234,56
Bolivia es_BO 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1.234,56
Chile es_CL 15:26
15:26:45
31-08-18
31-08-2018
1.234,56
Colombia es_CO 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1.234,56
Costa Rica es_CR 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1.234,56
Dominican Republic es_DO 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1,234.56
Ecuador es_EC 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1.234,56
El Salvador es_SV 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1,234.56
Guatemala es_GT 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1,234.56
Honduras es_HN 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1,234.56
Mexico es_MX 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1,234.56
Nicaragua es_NI 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1,234.56
Panama es_PA 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
08/31/18
08/31/2018
1,234.56
Paraguay es_PY 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1.234,56
Peru es_PE 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1,234.56
Puerto Rico es_PR 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
08/31/18
08/31/2018
1,234.56
Spain es_ES 15:26
15:26:45
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1.234,56
United States es_US 3:26 PM
3:26:45 PM
8/31/18
ago 31, 2018
1,234.56
Uruguay es_UY 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1.234,56
Venezuela es_VE 03:26 PM
03:26:45 PM
31/08/18
31/08/2018
1.234,56
Swedish Sweden sv_SE 15:26
15:26:45
2018-08-31
2018-aug-31
1 234,56