> They're special because they're _really_ simple, and they're _really_ > commonly used ;) > > That's about it, and yes, it is not consistent, but it's relatively > convenient. > > To put it another way, what you're discussing is a _locale_ issue (it's > how dates are shown in your area) as opposed to a _language_ issue (the > _names_ of things, regardless of display).
Fair enough. So would you suggest there be a DateTime::Language::* and DateTime::Format::* for each non-latin1 language that DateTime may want to handle? Furthermore, what would you suggest for somebody who wants to do a strftime-like thing, but say, with Japanese numbers instead of Arabic. Is that a Language module or a Format module? I'm asking this because if I *really* wanted to add Japanese support to DateTime::*, there'd be at least 3 diffrent notations for month names, and 3 different notations for time. I'm kind of unsure where each of these should/would go. --d
