System values
The system values of the primary language on the system are used as system-wide cultural and linguistic defaults. Therefore, if you change the primary language on the system, each varying system value resets to the default system value of the new primary language.
The following list shows the cultural and linguistic system values. To display or change these values, use the Work with System Value (WRKSYSVAL) command. A subset of language-dependent default system values (QCCSID, QCHRID, QCNTRYID, QCURSYM, QDATFMT, QDATSEP, QDECFMT, QKBDTYPE, QLANGID, and QTIMSEP) are shown in Default system values in the Reference section.
- Century (QCENTURY) system value
The century (QCENTURY) system value specifies the century. It is used with the system values QDATE and QYEAR to determine the specific date currently used by the system. - Character identifier (QCHRID) system value
The character identifier (QCHRID) system value specifies the character set and code page CHRID(*SYSVAL) for the CL commands that create, change, or override display files, display device descriptions, user interface (UIM) menus, panel groups, and printer files. - Character identifier control (QCHRIDCTL) system value
The character identifier control (QCHRIDCTL) system value controls the type of CCSID conversion that occurs for display files, printer files, and panel groups. - Coded character set identifier (QCCSID) system value
The coded character set identifier (QCCSID) system value specifies the CCSID for the IBM® i operating system. - Coordinated universal time offset (QUTCOFFSET) system value
The coordinated universal time offset (QUTCOFFSET) system value specifies the number of degrees, in hours and minutes, by which your local system differs from the zero meridian. - Country or region identifier (QCNTRYID) system value
The country or region identifier (QCNTRYID) system value indicates the default country or region identifier for the system. - Currency symbol (QCURSYM) system value
The currency symbol (QCURSYM) system value verifies the currency symbols specified in the DDS keywords Edit Word (EDTWRD) and Edit Code (EDTCDE). - System date (QDATE) system value
The system date (QDATE) system value indicates the year, the month, and the day on the system. - Date format (QDATFMT) system value
The date format (QDATFMT) system value is used for the default value for the DATFMT job attribute. This system value also determines the format in which a date can be specified on the initial program load (IPL) options prompt. - Date separator (QDATSEP) system value
The date separator (QDATSEP) system value is used as the date separator for the default value of the DATSEP job attribute. It is also used as the date separator you can specify on the initial program load (IPL) options prompt. - Day of the month (QDAY) system value
The day of the month (QDAY) system value indicates the day of the month on the system. This value must be a valid day of the month or of the year if you are using the Julian date format. - Day of week (QDAYOFWEEK) system value
The day of week (QDAYOFWEEK) system value specifies the day of the week on the system. - DBCS system indicator (QIGC) system value
The DBCS system indicator (QIGC) system value specifies whether a double-byte character set (DBCS) national language version (NLV) is installed. This value is set when the primary national language version is installed. - DBCS font name (QIGCCDEFNT) system value
The DBCS font name (QIGCCDEFNT) system value is used when the system transforms SNA character string (SCS) data with shift in/shift out (SI/SO) characters into a spooled file that is composed of Advanced Function Presentation data stream (AFPDS). - Decimal format (QDECFMT) system value
The decimal format (QDECFMT) system value determines the type of zero suppression and decimal point character used by DDS edit codes 1 through 4 and A through M. It also determines the decimal point character for decimal input fields in the interface. - Language identifier (QLANGID) system value
The language identifier (QLANGID) system value specifies the default language identifier for the system. - Language indicator for keyboard type (QKBDTYPE) system value
The language indicator for the keyboard type (QKBDTYPE) system value specifies the language character set for the keyboard. - Leap year adjustment (QLEAPADJ) system value
The Leap year adjustment (QLEAPADJ) system value adjusts the system algorithms for the leap year in different calendar systems. - Locale (QLOCALE) system value
The locale (QLOCALE) system value specifies a locale object that can determine how data is processed, printed, and displayed. Locales can define the language used by the system, cultural data of that language, and the type of characters displayed or printed. - Month of the year (QMONTH) system value
The month of the year (QMONTH) system value indicates the month of the year on the system. - Set job attributes (QSETJOBATR) system value
The set job attributes (QSETJOBATR) system value sets job attributes at job startup time. - Sort sequence (QSRTSEQ) system value
The sort sequence (QSRTSEQ) system value, along with the QLANGID system value, determines the sort sequence table to be used for sorting character data. - System library list (QSYSLIBL) system value
The system library list (QSYSLIBL) system value is used as the first part of the library list associated with a job. - Time separator (QTIMSEP) system value
The time separator (QTIMSEP) system value specifies the character separator for time. - Year (QYEAR) system value
The year (QYEAR) system value specifies the last 2 digits of the year on the system.
Parent topic: Linguistic and cultural values
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