Country codes: (In the following, HH means a 24hr-clock
hour, and hh a 12hr-clock hour. X means to
substitute a for AM, and p for PM.)
| Locale | Country Code | Code Page | Date Format | Time Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | 001 | 437,850 | mm/dd/yyyy | hh:mm:ss.ssX |
| Canadian French | 002 | 863,850 | yyyy-mm-dd | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Latin America | 003 | 850,437 | mm/dd/yyyy | hh:mm:ss.ssX |
| Russia | 007 | 866,437 | dd.mm.yyyy | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Netherlands | 031 | 850,437 | mm-dd-yyyy | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Belgium | 032 | 850,437 | mm/dd/yyyy | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| France | 033 | 850,437 | mm.dd.yyyy | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Spain | 034 | 850,437 | mm/dd/yyyy | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Hungary | 036 | 850,852 | yyyy-mm-dd | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Yugoslavia | 038 | 850,852 | yyyy-mm-dd | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Italy | 039 | 850,437 | mm/dd/yyyy | HH.mm.ss,ss |
| Switzerland | 041 | 850,437 | mm.dd.yyyy | HH,mm,ss.ss |
| Czechoslovakia | 042 | 850,852 | yyyy-mm-dd | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| UK | 044 | 850,437 | dd/mm/yyyy | hh:mm:ss.ssX |
| Denmark | 045 | 850,865 | dd-mm-yyyy | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Sweden | 046 | 850,437 | yyyy-mm-dd | HH.mm.ss,ss |
| Norway | 047 | 850,865 | mm.dd.yyyy | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Poland | 048 | 850,852 | yyyy-mm-dd | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Germany | 049 | 850,437 | dd.mm.yyyy | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Brazil | 055 | 850,860 | dd/mm/yyyy | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| International English | 061 | 850,437 | mm/dd/yyyy | HH:mm:ss.ss |
| Portugal | 351 | 850,860 | dd-mm-yyyy | HH:mm:ss,ss |
| Finland | 358 | 850,437 | dd.mm.yyyy | HH:mm:ss,ss |
23 Jul 2000 Updated Denmark date format from mm/dd-yyyy to dd-mm-yyyy per Dean Nielsen. Apparently Denmark citizens tend to use a slightly different date format (mm/dd-yyyy) when writings letters from the date format (dd-mm-yyyy) when writing software.
3 Jul 2000 Updated Denmark date format from mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm-yyyy per Dean Nielsen.
25 Jan 2000 Updated Finland (358), provided by Pauli Heikkinen
22 Jan 2000 Updated German, provided by Sebastian Leske
8 Jan 2000 Updated Portugal date format, provided by Pedro Carvalho Ramilo
29 Dec 1999 Updated UK (044), provided by Jimmy O Regan
8 Aug 1999 Locally-added Russia, provided by Mikhail Marchencov.
Sep 1998: First revision.
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