[Bug localedata/12731] [PATCH] en_CA date-time format doesn't respect CAN/CSA-Z234.4 - ISO 8601

["alexandre.f.demers at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12731

Alexandre Demers <alexandre.f.demers at gmail dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Alexandre Demers <alexandre.f.demers at gmail dot com> 2011-05-09 16:29:03 UTC ---
According to National Research Council Canada (NRC) and to Standard Council of
Canada (SCC), the standard for date time format in Canada has to follow
CAN/CSA-Z234.4 which says mostly the same as ISO 8601. Have a look at the
official site (http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/ibp/inms/about/faq-time.html#Q8):

"Canadian Standard CAN Z234-4 specifies numeric representations of date and
time. The recommended full format is of the form 2001-12-31 23:59:28.73 UTC. It
is compatible with International Standard ISO 8601."

This means this is the format people are (should be) expecting. Thus, the
current locale file is incorrect and the patch should be applied. Without the
patch, the en_CA locale follows the US standard, which is one of the none
official way of writting the date time format here (we use three different ways
to write date time, but only one is official and should be used).

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