CountryEnables the MS-DOS subsystem to use international time, dates, currency, case conversions, and decimal separators. Syntaxcountry=xxx[,[yyy][,[Drive:][Path] FileName]] Parametersxxx : Specifies the Country/Region code. yyy : Specifies the code page for the Country/Region. [Drive:][Path] FileName : Specifies the location and name of the file containing Country/Region information. /? : Displays help at the command prompt. Remarks| • | The country command configures the MS-DOS subsystem to recognize the character set and punctuation conventions observed when using one of the supported languages. Use the %systemroot%\System32\Config.nt file, or the equivalent startup file specified in a program's program information file (PIF), to load the Country/Region setting. | | • | Specifying supported languages The following table lists each Country/Region or language supported by the MS-DOS subsystem. The table also lists the code pages you can use with each Country/Region code. For example, if you use Country/Region code 003, you can use only code page 437 or 850 for the yyy parameter. The first of the two code pages listed for each Country/Region or language is its default code page. United States | 001 | 437, 850 | Canadian-French | 002 | 863, 850 | Netherlands | 031 | 850, 437 | Belgium | 032 | 850, 437 | France | 033 | 850, 437 | Spain | 034 | 850, 437 | Hungary | 036 | 852, 850 | Italy | 039 | 850, 437 | Switzerland | 041 | 850, 437 | Czech Republic | 042 | 852, 850 | Slovakia | 042 | 852, 850 | United Kingdom | 044 | 437, 850 | Denmark | 045 | 850, 865 | Sweden | 046 | 850, 437 | Norway | 047 | 850, 865 | Poland | 048 | 852, 850 | Germany | 049 | 850, 437 | Brazil | 055 | 850, 437 | International English | 061 | 437, 850 | Portugal | 351 | 850, 860 | Finland | 358 | 850, 437 |
| | • | Specifying international time and date formats The Country/Region code specifies the time and date formats used by the following commands: backup, date, and time. The following table lists the time and date formats related to each Country/Region code. For each Country/Region code, the Date format column shows the display for January 3, 1994, and the Time format column shows the display for 5:35 P.M. (with 0 seconds and 0 hundredths of a second). United States | 001 | 01/03/1994 | 5:35:00.00p | Canadian-French | 002 | 1994-01-03 | 17:35:00 | Latin America | 003 | 03/01/1994 | 5:35:00.00p | Netherlands | 031 | 03-01-94 | 17:35:00 | Belgium | 032 | 03/01/94 | 17:35:00 | France | 033 | 03.01.1994 | 17:35:00 | Spain | 034 | 3/01/94 | 17:35:00 | Hungary | 036 | 1994.01.03 | 17:35:00 | Italy | 039 | 03/01/94 | 17.35.00 | Switzerland | 041 | 03.01.94 | 17 35.00 | Czech Republic | 042 | 03.01.1994 | 17:35:00 | Slovakia | 042 | 03.01.1994 | 17:35:00 | United Kingdom | 044 | 03/01/94 | 17:35:00.00 | Denmark | 045 | 03-01-94 | 17.35.00 | Sweden | 046 | 1994-01-03 | 17.35.00 | Norway | 047 | 03.01.94 | 17:35:00 | Poland | 048 | 1994-01-03 | 17:35:00 | Germany | 049 | 03.01.1994 | 17:35:00 | Brazil | 055 | 03/01/94 | 17:35:00 | International English | 061 | 03/01/1994 | 17:35:00.00 | Portugal | 351 | 03-01-1994 | 17:35:00 | Finland | 358 | 3.1.1994 | 17.35.00 |
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ExamplesTo convert international currency, time, date, and case to French conventions, add the following command to your Config.nt file: country=033 To specify a code page with the country code for France, type: country=033,850 If you omit the code page but include the [Drive:][Path] FileName parameter, you must still type the comma that would have preceded the code page, as the following example shows: country=033,,c:\winnt\system32\country.sys Formatting legendItalic | Information that the user must supply | Bold | Elements that the user must type exactly as shown | Ellipsis (...) | Parameter that can be repeated several times in a command line | Between brackets ([]) | Optional items | Between braces ({}); choices separated by pipe (|). Example: {even|odd} | Set of choices from which the user must choose only one | Courier font | Code or program output |
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