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Re: [PATCH] cy_GB/en_GB: set am/pm in times


On 12 Apr 2012, Carlos O'Donell said:

> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk> wrote:
>> [Dead addresses dropped from Cc:.]
>>> If the US LOCALE has AM and PM, so should the British.
>>
>> Yes, since we do use the 12-hour format -- except (as you said), in
>> lowercase. (Though, a slight caveat: that the US locale uses 12-hour
>> format is no reason for a different locale to use the same format. What
>> matters is whether the people of that locale use that format
>> themselves -- which they do. But really I am in violent agreement here,
>> so this will be my last message in this thread.)
>
> Just to clarify, does that mean that both You and Stroller are in
> agreement with the changes proposed by Mike, which have been used by
> the upstream distros for a long time now?

Lowercase 'am', 'pm', definitely. I just checked a bunch of official
stuff from the UK govt (that being the only place I could recall the
uppercase being used, other than very old works of fiction), and even
they are using lowercase now. Uppercase AM/PM is pretty much dead.

Dating changes, not so important. There is wild diversity: 'Wed 12 Apr
2012', 'Wed 12th April 2012', 'April 12th' '12/4/2012', '12/4/12',
'12-04-2012', '12-04-12' are all commonly seen, as are other variations.

As Mike says, one variation that is almost never seen is 'Wed[nesday]
April 12th', i.e., if the name of the day appears, and the number of the
day appears, they are always tied together, never separated.

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