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National Language Support (NLS)
 

SAS® 9.4 National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide, Fifth Edition

Syntax Conventions for the SAS Language
Whatʼs New
NLS Concepts
National Language Support (NLS)
Locale for NLS
Encoding for NLS
Transcoding for NLS
Double-Byte Character Sets (DBCS)
Time Zones
Autocall Macros for NLS
Dictionary of Autocall Macros for NLS
Data Set Options for NLS
Dictionary of Data Set Options for NLS
Formats for NLS
Overview to NLS Formats
Dictionary of Formats for NLS
Functions for NLS
Internationalization Compatibility for SAS String Functions
VARCHAR Support in Functions
Dictionary of Functions for NLS
Informats for NLS
Dictionary of Informats for NLS
Macro Functions for NLS
Dictionary of Macro Functions for NLS
System Options for NLS
Dictionary of System Options for NLS
Options for Commands, Statements, and Procedures for NLS
Dictionary of Command, Statement, and Procedure Option for NLS
Procedures for NLS
DBCSTAB Procedure
LOCALEDATA Procedure
TRANTAB Procedure
Values for Locale, Encoding, and Transcoding
Values for the LOCALE= System Option
SAS System Options for Processing DBCS Data
Encoding Values in SAS Language Elements
Encoding Values for a SAS Session
Appendixes
Additional NLS Language Elements
Encoding and Alias Names
Time Zone IDs and Time Zone Names
TK_NLS_REPLACE_ICVEXT
%COPY_TO_NEW_ENCODING Macro
%COPY_TO_UTF8 Macro
Last updated: November 18, 2025