[Bug 420609] Re: wrong LC_TIME in Italian

Wed May 25 16:44:58 UTC 2011

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On 2009-07-21T12:42:08+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

Accordingly to this file [1] and also because I'm Italian, I've seen
an error in the way the date is displayed in linux.
The correct formati for Italian speakers is:
day_name day_number month_name year HH:MM:SS

in the LC_TIME date_fmt things are really mixed up and should be changed to:
%a %e %b %Y, %H:%M:%S, %Z

[1]:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/globalization/locales/Italy-Italian_Date.pdf

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On 2009-07-21T14:07:08+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

popular Italian newspaper: http://www.corriere.it
the date is under the title "CORRIERE DELLA SERA", in the middle

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On 2009-07-21T15:39:38+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

Created attachment 4070
italy.patch

possible patch, that swaps the fields. It does not add the "," since I don't
know if it must be added or not

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On 2009-08-19T12:56:44+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

Is this the correct place, or should I ask in another bugzilla?

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On 2009-09-11T09:31:31+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

I'm sorry to ping you again, but I think this is an important and very simple
bug that can be fixed in 2 minutes, and a patch is present. It just needs your
attention

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On 2009-10-09T19:02:16+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

Created attachment 4263
italian.patch

This is the correct format (note that : is now .)
updated patch accordingly.

"%a %e %b %Y, %H.%M.%S, %Z"

Now you just need to commit

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On 2009-10-17T07:42:01+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

Is this bugzilla dead??

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On 2009-10-30T05:49:44+00:00 Drepper-fsp wrote:

I've added the changes.

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On 2010-07-17T11:34:42+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

Created attachment 4879
lc_time_italian.patch

New patch.
Just a question: what's the differnce betwen date_fmt and d_t_fmt?
Thanks!

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On 2010-09-21T15:05:53+00:00 Petr Baudis wrote:

What are you changing again and why with this new patch? Can you add a changelog
entry too?

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On 2010-09-21T22:08:05+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

I'll answer tomorrow, since I have to look back at the patch because I forgot
the changelog.

Can you tell me the difference from date_fmt and d_t_fmt?

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On 2010-09-24T09:54:53+00:00 Petr Baudis wrote:

Frankly, I have not been able to figure what date_fmt is good for quickly - its
purpose seems to be the same as d_fmt, but I cannot find it being used anywhere
within glibc...

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On 2010-09-24T10:32:08+00:00 Andreas Schwab wrote:

It's the default date(1) format.

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On 2010-09-24T17:36:06+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

So there's no reason for them to be different, right?

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On 2010-09-24T19:14:48+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

Created attachment 5001
lc_time_italian.patch

This patch contains the changelog, and drops the bits for it_CH since I'm from
Italy, not from Switzerland.

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On 2010-09-24T19:15:24+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

reopening due to adding the changelog

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On 2010-09-24T19:17:30+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

Created attachment 5002
lc_time_italian.patch

Sorry, I forgot to add a comment

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On 2010-09-24T20:39:20+00:00 Bugtrack wrote:

Nicolo,
different date and time formats are used depending from format :
% Appropriate date and time representation
date_fmt   ...
% Appropriate date and time representation (%c) with abbreviations
d_t_fmt ...
% Appropriate date representation (%x)
d_fmt  ...
% Appropriate time representation (%X)
t_fmt ...

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On 2010-09-25T08:05:09+00:00 Nicolò Chieffo wrote:

Ok, so I will change date_fmt to not contain abbreviations.
What about the timezone? Should it be present for both date_fmt and d_fmt?

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** Changed in: glibc
       Status: Fix Released => Confirmed

** Changed in: glibc
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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Title:
  wrong LC_TIME in Italian

Status in The GNU C Library:
  Confirmed
Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “glibc” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Accordingly to this file [1], this newspaper [2], and also because I'm Italian, there is an error in the way the date is displayed in linux.
  The correct format for Italian speakers is:
  day_name day_number month_name year, HH:MM:SS, time_zone

  in the LC_TIME date_fmt things are really mixed up and should be changed to:
  %a %e %b %Y, %H:%M:%S, %Z

  the file localedata/locales/it_IT needs to be changed, but I can't
  understand how, since there are only strange codes

  [1]: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/globalization/locales/Italy-Italian_Date.pdf
  [2]: http://www.corriere.it/