This topic describes new Unicode function in z/OS®:
- Case, Collation, Character Conversion, and Normalization services
upgraded to Unicode 6.0 standard - The Case, Collation, Character
Conversion, and Normalization services in z/OS Unicode meet the Unicode 6.0 standard in z/OS V2R1.
- Dynamic Locale Service - z/OS Unicode
Services allows the locales to be created dynamically when needed,
based on the information in the open source CLDR repository. z/OS Unicode Services returns the
locale data to the caller.
- Support for Japanese EUC standard - z/OS Unicode Services added new CCSIDs to support
the revised Japanese EUC (Extended Unix Code) standard. The CCSIDs
added are: 17338, 21434, and 37818.
When change was introduced: z/OS V2R1.