Re: [PATCH][BZ18918] hu_HU: change time separator to colon

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

On 13 Oct 2015 20:48, Egmont Koblinger wrote:
> The previous (11th) version of the Hungarian spelling rules (released
> in 1984) said that the separator had to be a dot, e.g. 10.35 meaning
> 10 o'clock 35 minutes. glibc correctly implements this.
> 
> The brand new (12th) version, in effect since September 1, 2015 adopts
> to the common use of colon (especially in the digital world) and
> allows to use either separator, without even expressing a preference.
> 
> For computer systems, using colons is way more typical and probably
> easier to recognize. Dot is typically used in printed materials.
> 
> It also avoids an almost ambiguous situation where a space makes a
> difference, e.g. "10.15-ig" means "until 10 o'clock 15 minutes"
> whereas "10. 15-ig" means "until 15th of October". So I believe using
> the colon as the separator is not only more frequent in the computer
> world, but is also easier and quicker to recognize for the brain that
> it's about hour:minute rather than month and day. And luckily it's now
> equally correct according to the official rules.

probably also worth noting that Microsoft says to use a colon:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/6/1/e61266b2-d8b4-4fe0-a553-f01dc3976675/hun-hun-StyleGuide.pdf
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The time format is different in common language and in the language of IT. In
common texts we usually do not abbreviate, so the full forms are used: â7 Ãra
10 perckor csÃrgÃtt a telefonâ. However, the short format, consisting of
numerals only, can also be used. In this case a period must be used between
the two numbers and there must not be a space between them: âtalÃlkozzunk
10.45-korâ.

However, in software mostly the short format is used, and the numbers are
separated by a colon. An obvious example is the clock in the bottom right
corner of your screen, thus 18:31.
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i've pushed your patch now.  it looks like it had whitespace damage
though (all tabs were changed to spaces), so i had to fix that by
hand.  you probably want to fix your client.
-mike

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