Bug#466482: Locales: es_CR.UTF-8 lacks 12-hour format in LC_TIME

2008-02-20 Thread Niko Cavallini Araya
This defines the abbreviation which is surely common among all spanish locales, but I am not so sure that the am/pm format is the prefered format. This does not seems the case in Spain for example. I agree, but I think adding this only enables the option to have a correct 12-hour format, no

Bug#466482: Locales: es_CR.UTF-8 lacks 12-hour format in LC_TIME

2008-02-19 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Niko Cavallini Araya a écrit : Also just to add that at least in Costa Rica we have a similar situation to the one described in bug #240901. While 24-hour format might be official (it is?), the commonly spoken is the 12-hour one. I have made a few search on .cr sites using google, and they

Bug#466482: Locales: es_CR.UTF-8 lacks 12-hour format in LC_TIME

2008-02-19 Thread Niko Cavallini Araya
On Feb 19, 2008 3:57 PM, Aurelien Jarno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have made a few search on .cr sites using google, and they seems to confirm the 12-hour format is widely used. However, it seems a.m. and p.m. is used instead of am and pm as you suggested. Could you confirm that? Well never

Bug#466482: Locales: es_CR.UTF-8 lacks 12-hour format in LC_TIME

2008-02-19 Thread Niko Cavallini Araya
...I will ask in the local linux communities for input. Well the proper way to refer to 12-hour format is a.m. and p.m.. Acording to the Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy) (1)(2) ante merídiem (a.m.) and post merídiem (p.m.) is the proper way to use 12-hour format. This applies to

Bug#466482: Locales: es_CR.UTF-8 lacks 12-hour format in LC_TIME

2008-02-18 Thread Niko Cavallini Araya
Package: locales Version: 2.7-8 Severity: normal Hi my current locale es_CR.UTF-8 lacks 12-hour format definition in LC_TIME. This is needed by the clock applet in gnome-panel to provide the option to allow 12-hour clock format. Reading (1) it is said that the format definition in en_GB could

Bug#466482: Locales: es_CR.UTF-8 lacks 12-hour format in LC_TIME

2008-02-18 Thread Niko Cavallini Araya
Also just to add that at least in Costa Rica we have a similar situation to the one described in bug #240901. While 24-hour format might be official (it is?), the commonly spoken is the 12-hour one. -- Saludos Niko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of