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International Language Environments Guide

Currency

Currency units and presentation order vary greatly around the world. Local and international symbols for currency can differ. The following table shows monetary formats in some countries.

Table 1–4 International Monetary Conventions

Locale 

Currency 

Example  

Canadian (English) 

Dollar ($) 

$1,234.56 

Canadian (French  

Dollar ($) 

1 234,56$ 

Danish  

Kroner (kr) 

Kr 1.234,56  

Finnish  

Euro (Graphic)

Graphic1 234,56

French  

Euro (Graphic)

Graphic1,234

Japanese 

Yen (¥) 

¥ 1,234  

Norwegian 

Krone (kr) 

kr 1.234,56  

Swedish  

Krona (Kr) 

1 234,56 Kr 

Great Britain 

Pound (£) 

£1,234.56  

United States 

Dollar ($) 

$1,234.56  

Thai 

Baht 

2539 Baht 

Euro 

Euro (Graphic)

Graphic5,000

The Solaris 9 software supports the euro currency. Local currency symbols are still available for backward compatibility.

Table 1–5 User Locales To Support the Euro Currency

Region 

Locale Name 

ISO Codeset 

Austria 

de_AT.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Belgium (French) 

fr_BE.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Belgium (Flemish) 

nl_BE.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Denmark 

da_DK.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Finland 

fi_FI.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

France 

fr_FR.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Germany 

de_DE.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Ireland 

en_IE.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Italy 

it_IT.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Netherlands 

nl_NL.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Portugal 

pt_PT.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Catalan Spain 

ca_ES.ISO8859-15

8859–15 

Estonia 

et_EE.ISO8859–15

8859–15 

Spain 

es_ES.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Sweden 

sv_SE.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Great Britain 

en_GB.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

U.S.A. 

en_US.ISO8859-15

8859-15 

Euro locales are based on the ISO8859–15 codeset.

Keep in mind that a converted currency amount can take up more or less space than the original amount. To illustrate: $1,000 can become Graphic1.307.000.

The current status of the locale settings for locales within the euro zone is illustrated for the LC_MONETARY operand of the locale utility. The status for Germany, for example, is shown in the following table.

Table 1–6 German Locale and Corresponding LC_MONETARY

Locale 

LC_MONETARY 

de_DE.ISO8859–1

DM 

de_DE.ISO8859–15

Euro 

de_DE.UTF-8

Euro 

de_DE.ISO8859–15@euro

Euro 

de_DE.UTF-8@euro

Euro