Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:11:50 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: docs@FreeBSD.org Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Subject: Re: svn commit: r193688 - head/share/timedef Message-ID: <20090609051150.GE98804@mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <20090608123856.570933oz30orz0w0@webmail.leidinger.net> References: <200906080533.n585X9ao017209@svn.freebsd.org> <20090608123856.570933oz30orz0w0@webmail.leidinger.net>
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On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 12:38:56PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote: > > [patch] [locale] German locales use old %d.%m.%y date format > >instead of newer ISO date > > > > From the submitter: > > > > DIN 5008 (German norm for text processing) defines the old date > > format (%d.%m.%Y) to be obsolete and to be used only, if unambigous. > > In international communications the new format (%Y-%m-%d) is now > > required and FreeBSD should respect this. > > What does this mean? Does 'date' with the de_DE locate print out Y-m-d > instead of d.m.Y now? This would look strange to me, as this is not > used in normal daily communications. The government sends letters with > dates in d.m.Y, newspapers have d.m.Y, and the daily news in the TV > also display d.m.Y. > > The text above specifies that this seems to be intended for > international communications. When I set de_DE in my locale for my > user, this is not international communication, it's more like "I want > to see text/dates in my local language/conventions". > > As the PR is from 2004, and we have 2009 now, I'm not sure if this > change is correct. I haven't read the corresponding standards/documents. > > > PR: conf/72076 > > Submitted by: Peter Wullinger <some-mail-drop@gmx.net> > > MFC after: 1 week > > I think you should not MFC this so fast. It may be better to discuss > this with our German doc people (docs@ CCed), maybe this needs to be > backed out. What do the German doc people think about it? Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis Website: http://www.mavetju.org/ edwin@mavetju.org Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/
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