Re: [PATCH] locales: en_CA: update d_fmt [BZ #9842]

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

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-mike

On 14 Aug 2015 01:30, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> From: Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>
> 
> The date format in en_CA.utf8/LC_TIME specifies the date format as
> "%d/%m/%y".  (This is also the case if you run the command 'locale
> LC_TIME' with your locale set to en_CA.utf8.)  However, it should
> be "%Y-%m-%d".  This is the standard date format in Canada (as
> specified by the Canadian Standards Association in CSA Z234.5:1989,
> which adopts the ISO 8601 standard).
> 
> Here's the web page from the National Research Council of Canada
> citing ISO 8601 as the standard date/time format in Canada:
> http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/services/time/faq/#Q8
>  International Standard ISO 8601 specifies numeric representations
>  of date and time. The recommended full format is of the form
>  2001-12-31 23:59:28.73 UTC. The intent of this standard is to avoid
>  confusion in international communications which can arise with the
>  many different national notations. This format has the advantage
>  that it permits dates to be readily sorted in chronological order
>  by computer systems.
> 
> Windows 8+ and OS X also switched to this format.
> 
> 2015-08-14  Martin Pitt  <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>
> 
> 	[BZ #9842]
> 	* locales/en_CA (d_fmt): Change to %Y-%m-%d.
> ---
>  localedata/locales/en_CA | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/localedata/locales/en_CA b/localedata/locales/en_CA
> index bc52baa..6f09281 100644
> --- a/localedata/locales/en_CA
> +++ b/localedata/locales/en_CA
> @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ mon         "<U004A><U0061><U006E><U0075><U0061><U0072><U0079>";/
>              "<U004E><U006F><U0076><U0065><U006D><U0062><U0065><U0072>";/
>              "<U0044><U0065><U0063><U0065><U006D><U0062><U0065><U0072>"
>  d_t_fmt     "<U0025><U0061><U0020><U0025><U0064><U0020><U0025><U0062><U0020><U0025><U0059><U0020><U0025><U0072><U0020><U0025><U005A>"
> -d_fmt       "<U0025><U0064><U002F><U0025><U006D><U002F><U0025><U0079>"
> +d_fmt       "<U0025><U0059><U002D><U0025><U006D><U002D><U0025><U0064>"
>  t_fmt       "<U0025><U0072>"
>  am_pm       "<U0041><U004D>";"<U0050><U004D>"
>  t_fmt_ampm  "<U0025><U0049><U003A><U0025><U004D><U003A><U0025><U0053><U0020><U0025><U0070>"
> -- 
> 2.4.4
>

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