Country/Region Strings
Country and region strings can be combined with a language string to create a locale specification for the setlocale, _wsetlocale, _create_locale, and _wcreate_locale functions. For lists of country/region names that are supported by various Windows operating system versions, see the National Language Support (NLS) API Reference.In the lists, the country/region string can be any of the country values in the Locale – Language Country/Region column, or any of the abbreviations in the Country or Region name abbreviation column.
The C run-time library implementation also supports the following additional country/region strings and abbreviations:
Country/region string |
Abbreviation |
Equivalent locale name |
|---|---|---|
america |
USA |
en-US |
britain |
GBR |
en-GB |
china |
CHN |
zh-CN |
czech |
CZE |
cs-CZ |
england |
GBR |
en-GB |
great britain |
GBR |
en-GB |
holland |
NLD |
nl-NL |
hong-kong |
HKG |
zh-HK |
new-zealand |
NZL |
en-NZ |
nz |
NZL |
en-NZ |
pr china |
CHN |
zh-CN |
pr-china |
CHN |
zh-CN |
puerto-rico |
PRI |
es-PR |
slovak |
SVK |
sk-SK |
south africa |
ZAF |
af-ZA |
south korea |
KOR |
ko-KR |
south-africa |
ZAF |
af-ZA |
south-korea |
KOR |
ko-KR |
trinidad & tobago |
TTO |
en-TT |
uk |
GBR |
en-GB |
united-kingdom |
GBR |
en-GB |
united-states |
USA |
en-US |
us |
USA |
en-US |