country

   country=nnn[,[mmm][,[d:][path]file]]

Options

  nnn
  The country code, as shown in the table below.

  mmm
  The code page, as shown in the table below.
  If not specified, a code page will be chosen automatically.

  d:path\file
  The pathname to a country-information file.
  If not specified, the file 'COUNTRY.SYS' is used instead.

Country Codes

• HH means a 24hr-clock hour
• hh a 12hr-clock hour.
• X means AM and PM are appended

                                             format for
       Locale      nnn        mmm        date         time
===============================================================
US                 001      437, 850   mm/dd/yyyy  hh:mm:ss.ssX
Canadian French    002      863, 850   yyyy-mm-dd  HH:mm:ss,ss
Latin America      003      850, 437   mm/dd/yyyy  hh:mm:ss.ssX
Russia             007      866, 437   dd.mm.yyyy  HH:mm:ss,ss
Netherlands        031      850, 437   dd-mm-yyyy  HH:mm:ss,ss
Belgium            032      850, 437   dd-mm-yyyy  HH:mm:ss,ss
France             033      850, 437   dd-mm-yyyy  HH:mm:ss,ss
Spain              034      850, 437   dd-mm-yyyy  HH:mm:ss,ss
Hungary            036      850, 852   yyyy-mm-dd  HH:mm:ss,ss
Yugoslavia         038      850, 852   yyyy-mm-dd  HH:mm:ss,ss
Italy              039      850, 437   mm/dd/yyyy  HH.mm.ss,ss
Switzerland        041      850, 437   mm.dd.yyyy  HH,mm,ss.ss
Czechoslovakia     042      850, 852   yyyy-mm-dd  HH:mm:ss,ss
UK                 044      850, 437   dd/mm/yyyy  hh:mm:ss.ssX
Denmark            045      850, 865   dd-mm-yyyy  HH:mm:ss,ss
Sweden             046      850, 437   yyyy-mm-dd  HH.mm.ss,ss
Norway             047      850, 865   mm.dd.yyyy  HH:mm:ss,ss
Poland             048      850, 852   yyyy-mm-dd  HH:mm:ss,ss
Germany            049      850, 437   dd.mm.yyyy  HH:mm:ss,ss
Argentina          054      850, 437   dd/mm/yyyy  hh:mm:ss.ssX
Brazil             055      850, 860   dd/mm/yyyy  HH:mm:ss,ss
International
    English        061      850, 437   mm/dd/yyyy  HH:mm:ss.ss
Portugal           351      850, 860   dd-mm-yyyy  HH:mm:ss,ss
Finland            358      850, 437   dd.mm.yyyy  HH:mm:ss,ss

See Also