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Re: Japanese expression of date (Re: use of locale in "ls")
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Tomohiro KUBOTA |
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Re: Japanese expression of date (Re: use of locale in "ls") |
Date: |
Thu, 20 Dec 2001 17:21:18 +0900 |
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Hi,
At Wed, 19 Dec 2001 23:57:49 -0800 (PST),
Paul Eggert wrote:
> Thanks. I noticed that this Japanese-language web page uses ISO
> format to time-stamps contributions, e.g. `2001-12-19 19:14:46', so I
> guess ISO-style time stamps are acceptable to Slashdot Japan's
> users anyway....
Yes. My feeling accepts "nnnn-nn-nn nn:nn:nn" format. I imagine
many Japanese people do. However, Japanese people prefer "nnnn/nn/nn"
to "nnnn-nn-nn".
> This argues for the longer form time stamp that I mentioned recently,
> e.g. localized `11MM20DD 23HH59MM' where the ISO-style would be `11-20
> 23:59'. This is the IRIX style, yes?
Right.
> Why do you accept '7/14' but reject '07-14'? Is it because of '-'
> versus '/'? Or is it because of the leading zero?
Because of '-' versus '/'. We don't use '-' even in "nnnn-nn-nn"
format. The reason why I said I accept "nnnn-nn-nn" is that
4-2-2 format helps us to feel it as a year-month-date. However,
it is not apparent that 2-2 format means month-date. Rather, we
feel it means from-to.
Now I think either IRIX style or nnnn/nn/nn nn:nn:nn style is the best
and Solaris is acceptable.
(I may change my opinion tomorrow!)
---
Tomohiro KUBOTA <address@hidden>
http://www.debian.or.jp/~kubota/
"Introduction to I18N" http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/intro-i18n/
use of locale in "ls" again (Re: Japanese expression of date), Tomohiro KUBOTA, 2001/12/20
- Re: use of locale in "ls" again (Re: Japanese expression of date), Markus Kuhn, 2001/12/20
- Re: use of locale in "ls" again (Re: Japanese expression of date), Paul Eggert, 2001/12/20
- Re: revised use of column space in "ls", Markus Kuhn, 2001/12/20
- Re: revised use of column space in "ls", Miles Bader, 2001/12/20
- Re: revised use of column space in "ls", Paul Eggert, 2001/12/20
- Re: revised use of column space in "ls", Miles Bader, 2001/12/20
- Re: revised use of column space in "ls", Markus Kuhn, 2001/12/20
- Re: revised use of column space in "ls", Paul Eggert, 2001/12/21
Re: revised use of column space in "ls", Tomohiro KUBOTA, 2001/12/20