Re: Translation issues with strftime

[Ole Laursen <olau hardworking dk>]

Malcolm Tredinnick <malcolm@commsecure.com.au> writes:

[...]

>> > Well, a revision can be undertaken. I do agree with the need for
>> > a day number without a leading space. How should it be done?
>> > Well, you can actually do it to day with
>> >
>> > alt_digits "0;1;2;3;4;5;6;7;8;9;10;11;12;13;14;15;16;17;18;19;20;21;22;23;24;25;26;27;28;29;30;31"
>> >
>> > And then using the %Od format specifier.
>> 
>> %0d or %-d. Both seems fine. Have you had a look at the GNU
>> extensions? They generally seem sensible.
>
> And non-portable. GNOME does not just run on platforms that use glibc.
> The O and E modifiers are in the Single Unix Specification and can be
> relied upon to be widely available. The GNU extensions cannot.

Malcolm, we are discussing improving on the standard. :-)

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