How do I specify character encoding when exporting data to a file?
When exporting or importing files, you may be required to specify the character encoding.
If you are not sure which character encoding you should use, refer to the following information.
UTF-8
UTF-8 is the most widely used character encoding and supports most languages.
UTF-8 with BOM
UTF-8 with BOM should be specified when you want to use an exported file with an application like Excel.
Shift-JIS
Shift-JIS can be used with data that contains Japanese characters.
Latin1
Latin1 can be used with data that contains characters belonging to one or more Western European languages (e.g., English, French, German).
GBK/GB2312
GBK/GB2312 can be used with data that contains English and/or Simplified Chinese characters.