broken pl LC_TIME

Adam Ryba adam.ryba at gmail.com
Fri Jun 22 00:25:50 CEST 2007


2007/6/21, Jakub Bogusz <qboosh at pld-linux.org>:
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 06:02:44PM +0200, Tomasz Pala wrote:
> > What the f* is that?
> >
> > [root at quarto /etc]#  LC_TIME=pl_PL date
> > Cz, 21 VI 2007, 18:02:04 CEST
> >
> > XICIIVIM months are archaic in polish.
>
> http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/pipermail/pld-devel-pl/2007-June/141423.html

IMHO using roman numerals is plain wrong. First and foremost it is not
compliant with polish standard PN-EN 28601:2002 and international
standard ISO 8601:2004.

Dictionary rules allow use of roman numerals, but it is not
obligatory. It just an option.

-- 
Adam 'Pooh' Ryba


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