Re: 24-hour or 12-our clock and %p

[keld keldix com]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 12:49:37PM +0100, Alexandre Franke wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 12:08 PM,  <keld keldix com> wrote:
> > For Danish, ther is no 12-hour format. The best is then to leave the specification blank.
>
> This is a terrible suggestion. You should never leave a string blank.
> If you intend to use the same as the original version, you should copy
> it.
>
> > Alternatively you can make the 12-hour format the same as the 24-hour format.
>
> If by that you mean using %H, then again this is a terrible suggestion
> (see earlier mail in this thread, this will appear as a bug to the
> user).

It is not a terrible suggestion, but it is according to the users expectations.
However, it is not according to the programmer's intentions, but the programmer's
expectations are flawed.

Having a specific format for 12-hour times is a design flaw in the APIs.

best regards
keld