LOCALE= Values and Default Settings for ENCODING, PAPERSIZE, DFLANG, and DATESTYLE Options

The following table lists the valid LOCALE= values, specified by using the SAS name or the Posix name. The alias name is also listed. Some locales do not have an alias.

The following table lists the valid Posix values and the default settings for the ENCODING= option, by operating environment. The settings for DFLANG, DATESTYLE, and PAPERSIZE system options are set automatically.

Here is an example:

sas9 -locale arabic_algeria

When the Arabic_Algeria LOCALE= value is specified, corresponding default settings for the system options are as follows:

DFLANG=English
DATESTYLE=DMY
PAPERSIZE=A4