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[Bug localedata/16668] ISO date time format localedef needed for en_CA


https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16668

Michael Chudobiak <mjc at avtechpulse dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #10 from Michael Chudobiak <mjc at avtechpulse dot com> ---
The ISO short date format (%Y-%m-%d) is widely used in Canada.

It is on bank cheques, passports, driver licenses, and MS Windows.

It is specified by the Canadian Standards Association.

The existing d_fmt is ambiguous, confusing, and subject to misinterpretation.
It is also different from the French Canadian locale. I do not think that the
ISO date code is uncomfortable for anyone in Canada.

fr_CA uses the ISO code:
d_fmt   "<U0025><U0059><U002D><U0025><U006D><U002D><U0025><U0064>"

Please make d_fmt ISO-compliant, same as fr_CA.

The time codes are a different matter, common usage is different than the ISO
spec.

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