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Bug 689649 - Format affects language of calendar
Format affects language of calendar
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 682928
Product: gnome-control-center
Classification: Core
Component: Region & Language
3.6.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Control-Center Maintainers
Control-Center Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-12-04 18:05 UTC by Michael Monreal
Modified: 2012-12-05 16:19 UTC
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2012-12-04 18:05 UTC, Michael Monreal 		Details

Description Michael Monreal 2012-12-04 18:05:36 UTC 
Created attachment 230683 [details]
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Setting the "Format" to german for example changes not only the local date and unit settings but also changes the strings for week and month names to german.

control-center-3.6.3-1.fc18.x86_6
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2012-12-05 00:56:36 UTC 
Thats the way posix locales work.

And if you think about it, it does not make much sense to use a German format with English names - you'll end up with a wierd frankendate that does not make sense to either English or German readers. Really, changing the time format separately from the display language only makes sense for formats that don't include translated names.
Comment 2 Michael Monreal 2012-12-05 05:58:25 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> And if you think about it, it does not make much sense to use a German format
> with English names - you'll end up with a wierd frankendate that does not make
> sense to either English or German readers.

I like to run my desktops in english but I use the german format setting mainly because of "numbers" and "measurement". In any case, the date format "Mittwoch  5 Dezember 2012" does NOT make sense, it should be "Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2012" for example. The format of the time entries does not change when changing languages.
Comment 3 Bastien Nocera 2012-12-05 09:27:54 UTC 
Blame the people not using the correct format for printing dates.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 682928 ***
Comment 4 Gunnar Hjalmarsson 2012-12-05 16:19:09 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> Thats the way posix locales work.

Or rather: That's the way POSIX locales often has been used by programmers, probably because they haven't thought of the possibility of distinguishing between language and regional formats.