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ping ... -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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