Set this property to a supported locale name when using one of the Derby tools, if you want another locale than the system default locale. The locale determines the localized display format for numbers, dates, times and timestamps, as well as the language of the messages from the Derby tools.
derby.ui.locale=derbyval
where derbyval is a supported locale name, in the form ll_CC, where ll is the two-letter language code, and CC is the two-letter country code; for example, ja_JP.
The following command runs ij using the Japanese locale (derby.ui.locale=ja_JP) and Japanese Latin Kanji mixed encoding (derby.ui.codeset=Cp939):
java -Dderby.ui.locale=ja_JP -Dderby.ui.codeset=Cp939
-Dij.protocol=jdbc:derby:
org.apache.derby.tools.ij
Language codes consist of a pair of lowercase letters that conform to ISO 639-1. The following table shows some examples.
| Language Code | Description |
|---|---|
| de | German |
| en | English |
| es | Spanish |
| ja | Japanese |
To see a full list of ISO 639 codes, go to http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php.
Country codes consist of two uppercase letters that conform to ISO 3166. The following table shows some examples.
| Country Code | Description |
|---|---|
| DE | Germany |
| US | United States |
| ES | Spain |
| MX | Mexico |
| JP | Japan |
A copy of ISO 3166 can be found at http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/doc/ISO_3166.html .