Bug 316773 – GdmUse24Clock option not clear for translator

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Bug 316773 - GdmUse24Clock option not clear for translator


Summary:	GdmUse24Clock option not clear for translator


Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	gdm
Classification:	Core
Component:	general
Version:	2.8.x
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	GDM maintainers
QA Contact:	GDM maintainers

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Reported:	2005-09-20 10:15 UTC by Sebastien Bacher
Modified:	2005-09-21 04:15 UTC

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GNOME target:	---
GNOME version:	2.11/2.12

Description Sebastien Bacher 2005-09-20 10:15:46 UTC

The ubuntu bugzilla has got some bugs about the GdmUse24Clock=auto option not
working correctly:
http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15652
http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13317
http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14299

That's probably because this option is not clear for translators (you have to
read the manpage of strftime to figure what to do of this string).

The code has:

"		/* Translators: You should translate time part as
		   %H:%M if your language does not have AM and PM
		   equivalent. */
		str = ve_strftime (the_tm, _("%a %b %d, %l:%M %p"));"

Could you put a note about %l beeing for 12 hours format?

Comment 1 Brian Cameron 2005-09-21 04:15:21 UTC

Thanks, fixed in CVS head and 2.12 branch.  Now comment says:

                /* Translators: You should translate time part as
                   %H:%M if your language does not have AM and PM
                   equivalent.  Note: %l is a strftime option for
                   12-hour clock format */