The LC_TIME locale-file category
The LC_TIME locale-file category is the section within a GLS locale file that defines the locale-specific formats for strings that contain date and time data.
Such strings are called date strings (which contain only date data) or date/time strings (which contain date and time data).
Tip: In the HCL
Informix® GLS User's Guide, the LC_TIME
locale-file category is sometimes referred to as the TIME locale category.
This manual uses LC_TIME as the category name for date and time data.
The LC_TIME category of each locale file contains subcategories
that define the different date and time formats. The following table
lists the available formats and their corresponding LC_TIME subcategory.
| Date/time format | LC_TIME subcategory |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated weekday names | abday |
| Full weekday names | day |
| Abbreviated month names | abmon |
| Full month names | mon |
| Date representation | d_fmt |
| Time representation | t_fmt |
| Date/time representation | d_t_fmt |
| a.m. and p.m. equivalents | am_pm |
| Representation of date/time with a.m. and p.m. indicators | t_fmt_ampm |
| Era names | era |
| Representation of date with eras | era_d_fmt |
| Representation of time with eras | era_t_fmt |
| Representation of date/time with eras | era_d_t_fmt |
| Alternative digits to use in date and time strings | alt_digits |
Tip: The GL_DATE, GL_DATETIME, DBDATE,
and DBTIME environment variables can also specify
formats for locale-specific formats for date and time strings.
For definitions of any of these date or time formats and information about related environment variables, see the HCL Informix GLS User's Guide.