POSIX locale for registration with ISO/IEC 15897

Source: Keld Simonsen
Date: 1999-07-19

Introduction

At the New Orleans 1999 WG15 meeting I was given an action item 9901-15 to prepare for registrationof the POSIX locale, as found in ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993. I was actioned to try to do this in cooperation with the ISO C working group, WG14. I have now approached WG14 and can report that: "WG14 wishes to have their C locale registered by the appropriate registration authority. It notes that there are differences between the C and POSIX locale." The diferences are found in the specifications for d_t_fmt, d_fmt and am_pm in the LC_TIME category. They are:

                      Posix:                      C9X

d_t_fmt     "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y"       "%A %B %d %T %Y"
            Mon Jul  3 15:44:55 1999     Monday July 03 15:44:55 1999

d_fmt       "%m/%d/%y"                   "%A %B %d %Y"
            07/03/99                     Monday July 03 1999

am_pm       "AM","PM"                    "am","pm"

The new C9X date formats are variable-width and not convenient for listings with dates such as logging records.

So there will be both a POSIX and a C locale. The procedure is then to produce the POSIX locale (which is ad verbatim as stated in ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993) and a narrative cultural specification, describing narratively the POSIX locale. This is done with this document.

The procedure for getting the locale registered is then:

1. Get the proposal approved by WG15
2. WG15 sends it to the SC22 secretariat as Sponsoring Authority for registration
3. SC22 agrees on it.
4. The SC22 secretariat sends it to the Registration Authority
5. The Registration Authority sends it out for a 3 month comment period
6. The locale and its description is registered by the RA.

POSIX locale, Narrative Cultural Specification

Users: general, applications: general
Source: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22
Token identifier: posix,_1.3
POSIX-locale: posix,_1.3

Clause 1: Alphanumeric deterministic ordering

Ordering in the standard POSIX locale is according to the code point order of ISO/IEC 646:1993.

Clause 2: Classification of characters

The POSIX locale uses normal classification of characters, such as letters, digits, punctuation and control characters, and letters are mapped between uppercase and lowercase.

Clause 3: Numeric formatting

The decimal separator is FULL STOP "."
The thousands separator is void.
There is no grouping of large numbers.

Clause 4: Monetary formatting

The monetary formatting is not specified, as this specification should be usable in many international environments.

Clause 5: Date and time conventions

The weekday and month names are written with English names.

Weekday name Short weekday name
Sunday Sun
Monday Mon
Tuesday Tue
Wednesday Wed
Thursday Thu
Friday Fri
Saturday Sat

Month name Short month name
January Jan
February Feb
March Mar
April Apr
May May
June Jun
July Jul
August Aug
September Sep
October Oct
November Nov
December Dec

Abbreviated day and time: Tue Jun 7 18:06:20 1994
Numeric date: 06/07/94
Time: 18:06:20
12-hour time: 06:06:20 PM

The abbreviations used for before or after noon are "AM" and "PM" respectively.

Clause 6: Affirmative and negative answers

Yes expressions: strings starting with	"Y" or "y"	(= Yes)
No expressions: strings starting with	"N" or "n"	(= No)

End of Narrative Cultural Specification.

POSIX locale

# POSIX Standard Locale
#
# As per ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 specifications
# except for these additional identifying comments
#
# Source: ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22 Secretariat
# Address: 8457 Rushing Creek Court
#         Springfield, VA 22153 U.S.A.
# Contact: William C. Rinehuls
# Email: rinehuls@radix.net
# Tel:  +1 703 912-9680
# Fax:  +1 703 912-2973
# Language: POSIX
# Territory: 
# Revision: 1.3
# Date: 1999-06-25
# Application: general
# Users: general
# Repertoiremap: POSIX
# Charset: ISO646:1993
# Distribution and use is free, also for
# commercial purposes.

LC_CTYPE
# The following is the POSIX Locale LC_CTYPE.
# "alpha" is by default "upper" and "lower"
# "alnum" is by definiton "alpha" and "digit"
# "print" is by default "alnum", "punct" and the <space> character
# "graph" is by default "alnum" and "punct"
#
upper   <A>;<B>;<C>;<D>;<E>;<F>;<G>;<H>;<I>;<J>;<K>;<L>;<M>\
        <N>;<O>;<P>;<Q>;<R>;<S>;<T>;<U>;<V>;<W>;<X>;<Y>;<Z>
#
lower   <a>;<b>;<c>;<d>;<e>;<f>;<g>;<h>;<i>;<j>;<k>;<l>;<m>\
        <n>;<o>;<p>;<q>;<r>;<s>;<t>;<u>;<v>;<w>;<x>;<y>;<z>
#
digit   <zero>;<one>;<two>;<three>;<four>;\
        <five>;<six>;<seven>;<eight>;<nine>
#
space   <tab>;<newline>;<vertical-tab>;<form-feed>;\
        <carriage-return>;<space>
#
cntrl   <alert>;<backspace>;<tab>;<newline>;<vertical-tab>;\
        <form-feed>;<carriage-return>;\
        <NUL>;<SOH>;<STX>;<ETX>;<EOT>;<ENQ>;<ACK>;<SO>;<SI>\
        <DLE>;<DC1>;<DC2>;<DC3>;<DC4>;<NAK>;<SYN>;<ETB>;<CAN>;\
        <EM>;<SUB>;<ESC>;<IS4>;<IS3>;<IS2>;<IS1>;<DEL>
#
punct   <exclamation-mark>;<quotation-mark>;<number-sign>;\
        <dollar-sign>;<percent-sign>;<ampersand>;<apostrophe>;\
        <left-parenthesis>;<right-parenthesis>;<asterisk>;\
        <plus-sign>;<comma>;<hyphen>;<period>;<slash>;\
        <colon>;<semicolon>;<less-than-sign>;<equals-sign>;\
        <greater-than-sign>;<question-mark>;<commercial-at>;\
        <left-square-bracket>;<backslash>;<right-square-bracket>;\
        <circumflex>;<underscore>;<grave-accent>;\
        <left-curly-bracket>;<vertical-line>;<right-curly-bracket>;<tilde>;
#
xdigit  <zero>;<one>;<two>;<three>;<four>;<five>;<six>;<seven>;<eight>;\
        <nine>;<A>;<B>;<C>;<D>;<E>;<F>;<a>;<b>;<c>;<d>;<e>;<f>
#
blank   <space>;<tab>
#
tolower (<A>,<a>);(<B>,<b>);(<C>,<c>);(<D>,<d>);(<E>,<e>);\
        (<F>,<f>);(<G>,<g>);(<H>,<h>);(<I>,<i>);(<J>,<j>);\
        (<K>,<k>);(<L>,<l>);(<M>,<m>);(<N>,<n>);(<O>,<o>);\
        (<P>,<p>);(<Q>,<q>);(<R>,<r>);(<S>,<s>);(<T>,<t>);\
        (<U>,<u>);(<V>,<v>);(<W>,<w>);(<X>,<x>);(<Y>,<y>);(<Z>,<z>);
#
toupper (<a>,<A>);(<b>,<B>);(<c>,<C>);(<d>,<D>);(<e>,<E>);\
        (<f>,<F>);(<g>,<G>);(<h>,<H>);(<i>,<I>);(<j>,<J>);\
        (<k>,<K>);(<l>,<L>);(<m>,<M>);(<n>,<N>);(<o>,<O>);\
        (<p>,<P>);(<q>,<Q>);(<r>,<R>);(<s>,<S>);(<t>,<T>);\
        (<u>,<U>);(<v>,<V>);(<w>,<W>);(<x>,<X>);(<y>,<Y>);(<z>,<Z>);
END LC_CTYPE

LC_COLLATE
# This is the POSIX Locale definition for the LC_COLLATE category.
# The order is the same as in the ASCII code set.
order_start forward
<NUL>	
<SOH>	
<STX>	
<ETX>	
<EOT>	
<ENQ>	
<ACK>	
<alert>	
<backspace>	
<tab>	
<newline>	
<vertical-tab>	
<form-feed>	
<carriage-return>	
<SI>
<SO>
<DLE>	
<DC1>	
<DC2>	
<DC3>	
<DC4>	
<NAK>	
<SYN>	
<ETB>	
<CAN>	
<EM>
<SUB>	
<ESC>	
<IS4>	
<IS3>	
<IS2>	
<IS1>	
<space>	
<exclamation-mark>	
<quotation-mark>	
<number-sign>	
<dollar-sign>	
<percent-sign>	
<ampersand>	
<apostrophe>	
<left-parenthesis>	
<right-parenthesis>	
<asterisk>	
<plus-sign>	
<comma>	
<hyphen>	
<period>	
<slash>	
<zero>	
<one>	
<two>	
<three>	
<four>	
<five>	
<seven>	
<eight>	
<nine>	
<colon>	
<semicolon>	
<less-than-sign>	
<equals-sign>	
<greater-than-sign>	
<question-mark>	
<commercial-at>	
<A>	
<B>	
<C>	
<D>	
<E>	
<F>	
<G>	
<H>	
<I>	
<J>	
<K>	
<L>	
<M>	
<N>	
<O>	
<P>	
<Q>	
<R>	
<S>	
<T>	
<U>	
<V>	
<W>	
<X>	
<Y>	
<Z>	
<left-square-bracket>	
<backslash>	
<right-square-bracket>	
<circumflex>	
<underscore>	
<grave-accent>	
<a>	
<b>	
<c>	
<d>	
<e>	
<f>	
<g>	
<h>	
<i>	
<j>	
<k>	
<l>	
<m>	
<n>	
<o>	
<p>	
<q>	
<r>	
<s>	
<t>	
<u>	
<v>	
<w>	
<y>	
<z>	
<left-curly-bracket>	
<vertical-line>	
<right-curly-bracket>	
<tilde>	
<DEL>	
order_end
#
END LC_COLLATE

LC_MONETARY
# This is the POSIX Locale definition for
# the LC_MONETARY category.
#
int_curr_symbol     ""
currency_symbol     ""
mon_decimal_point   ""
mon_thousands_sep   ""
mon_grouping        -1
positive_sign       ""
negative_sign       ""
int_frac_digits     -1
frac_digits         -1
p_cs_precedes       -1
p_sep_by_space      -1
n_cs_precedes       -1
n_sep_by_space      -1
p_sign_posn         -1
n_sign_posn         -1
#
END LC_MONETARY

LC_NUMERIC
# This is the POSIX Locale definition for
# the LC_NUMERIC category.
#
decimal_point   "<period>"
thousands_sep   ""
grouping        -1
#
END LC_NUMERIC

LC_TIME
# This is the POSIX Locale definition for
# the LC_TIME category.
#
# Abbreviated weekday names (%s)
abday   "<S><u><n>";"<M><o><n>";"<T><u><e>";"<W><e><d>";\
        "<T><h><u>";"<F><r><i>";"<S><a><t>"
#
# Full weekday names (%A)
day     "<S><u><n><d><a><y>";"<M><o><n><d><a><y>";\
        "<T><u><e><s><d><a><y>";"<W><e><d><n><e><s><d><a><y>";\
        "<T><h><u><r><s><d><a><y>";"<F><r><i><d><a><y>";\
        "<S><a><t><u><r><d><a><y>"
#
# Abbreviated month names (%b)
abmon   "<J><a><n>";"<F><e><b>";"<M><a><r>";\
	"<A><p><r>";"<M><a><y>";"<J><u><n>";\
        "<J><u><l>";"<A><u><g>";"<S><e><p>";\
        "<O><c><t>";"<N><o><v>";"<D><e><c>"
#
# Full month names (%B)
mon     "<J><a><n><u><a><r><y>";"<F><e><b><r><u><a><r><y>";\
        "<M><a><r><c><h>";"<A><p><r><i><l>";\
        "<M><a><y>";"<J><u><n><e>";\
        "<J><u><l><y>";"<A><u><g><u><s><t>";\
        "<S><e><p><t><e><m><b><e><r>";"<O><c><t><o><b><e><r>";\
        "<N><o><v><e><m><b><e><r>";"<D><e><c><e><m><b><e><r>"
# 
# Equivalent of AM/PM (%p)      "AM"/"PM"
am_pm   "<A><M>";"<P><M>"
#
# Appropriate date and time representation (%c)
#       "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y"
d_t_fmt "<percent-sign><a><space><percent-sign><b><space><percent-sign><e>\
<space><percent-sign><H><colon><percent-sign><M>\
<colon><percent-sign><S><space><percent-sign><Y>"
#
# Appropriate date representation (%x)   "%m/%d/%y"
d_fmt   "<percent-sign><m><slash><percent-sign><d><slash><percent-sign><y>"
#
# Appropriate time representation (%X)   "%H:%M:%S"
t_fmt   "<percent-sign><H><colon><percent-sign><M><colon><percent-sign><S>"
#
# Appropriate 12 h time representation (%Xr   "%I:%M:%S %p"
t_fmt_ampm "<percent-sign><I><colon><percent-sign><M><colon><percent-sign><S><space><percent-sign><p>"
#
END LC_TIME

LC_MESSAGES
# This is the POSIX Locale definition for
# the LC_MESSAGES category.
#
yesexpr "<circumflex><left-square-bracket><y><Y><right-square-bracket>"
#
noexpr  "<circumflex><left-square-bracket><n><N><right-square-bracket>"
END LC_MESSAGES

Weekday name	Short weekday name
Sunday	Sun
Monday	Mon
Tuesday	Tue
Wednesday	Wed
Thursday	Thu
Friday	Fri
Saturday	Sat


Month name	Short month name
January	Jan
February	Feb
March	Mar
April	Apr
May	May
June	Jun
July	Jul
August	Aug
September	Sep
October	Oct
November	Nov
December	Dec

Abbreviated day and time:	Tue Jun 7 18:06:20 1994
Numeric date:	06/07/94
Time:	18:06:20
12-hour time:	06:06:20 PM