EEC default currency update

Prior to z/OS® V1R6, the default currency for EEC was set to local currency in the LC_MONETARY category of the locale. If you wanted to set Euro as currency, the @euro locales would need to be set using setlocale().

As of z/OS V1R6, the LC_MONETARY information in the base locale is now preset to use the Euro, which means that the Euro is the default currency. If you want your applications to continue using the old (local) currency, you will need to issue setlocale() with the new @preeuro locale as the parameter.

Behavior of the current @euro locales has not changed.

For z/OS V1R7 to z/OS V1R9, Venezuela is changing its currency from bolivar to bolivar fuerte. The national currency symbol changes from Bs to BSF, and the international currency symbol changes from VEB to VEF. If you want to keep using the old currency symbols, the Bs or VEB (bolivar), you must use setlocale() with a locale name of "Es_VEO" for the language-territory part, instead of "Es_VE".

As of z/OS V1R9, Malta is adopting the euro currency. If you want to keep using the old currency symbol, you must use the @preeuro locales.