Re: Localize time/date format?

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, dean blackketter wrote:

> Use the CH+ and CH- buttons to adjust the brightness.  (There are two 
> brightness settings actually, one for when it's on and one for when 
> it's off.)

Thanks Dean, but I already figured that one out ;)

But still it would be nice if one could disable the seconds since they
can get a bit annoying since there's something happening on the display. 
But as I said, not really a big issue for me, and hey, it was Sean who 
brought it up in the first place ;)

To get back to the localization thing: I think I'll change my mind again,
or rather alter my view on it. It _would_ be nice to be able to customize
the time/date format. Chosing the correct locale on the OS isn't enough
since not only things like names of months, weekdays etc. differ.

E.g. in the US you use "Thursday, March 21, 2002 6:09:56 PM" while we
prefer "torsdag 21 mars, 2002 18:09:56" here in Sweden.

The commas are placed a little different, and we use 24 hour-format as 
well. So it would be a good thing if one could specify the entire 
format-string as sent to strftime. An alternative could be to use %c 
which, according to the manpage for strftime gives "The preferred date and 
time representation for the current locale". But that might not be what 
everyone wants to see. 

But, of course, this isn't as important as the new features you guys are 
working on. Still a nice-to-have feature though.

Regards,
Peter


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