Re: [Vala] vala-list Digest, Vol 124, Issue 13

[Fernando Silva <wild nando gmail com>]

I bet this could be decided based on locale with gettext

2018-03-28 9:00 GMT-03:00 <vala-list-request gnome org>:

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>    1. Re: Date format (rastersoft)
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> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 12:50:31 +0200
> From: rastersoft <raster rastersoft com>
> To: Al Thomas <astavale yahoo co uk>, vala-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Vala] Date format
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> Hi:
>
> > > Also, what
> > > I really want is the date in the format "March 5, 2018", not
> > "03/05/18",
> > > but it seems that only %c does that, but adds a lot of extra data
> > that I
> > > don't want like the time zone.
> >
> > As Christian Hergert suggests, DateTime is very useful. This works for
> me:
> > void main () {
> > ??? var date = new DateTime.now_local();
> > ??? print (date.format("%B %e, %Y"));
> > }
> >
> > That prints March 28, 2018 today. There are a whole load of formatting
>
> Yes, but the problem is that, in Spain, we use the opposite format: we
> write first the day's number, then the month's name, and finally the
> year, so I need to know if in my current locale I have to "%B %e, %Y",
> or "%e %B %Y" (without the comma), and so on... That's my problem. Using
> '%c' does that, but adds a lot of extra information that I don't want,
> like the timezone.
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> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 11:53:28 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Al Thomas <astavale yahoo co uk>
> To: vala-list gnome org, rastersoft <raster rastersoft com>
> Subject: Re: [Vala] Date format
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>   On Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 11:50:33 BST, rastersoft <
> raster rastersoft com> wrote: > Yes, but the problem is that, in Spain,
> we use the opposite format: we write first the day's number, > then the
> month's name, and finally the year, so I need to know if in my current
> locale I have > to "%B %e, %Y", or "%e %B %Y" (without the comma), and so
> on... That's my problem. > Using '%c' does that, but adds a lot of extra
> information that I don't want, like the timezone.
> Aha, I understand now. I don't know the answer. There doesn't appear to be
> a ready madesolution. I would say that here in the UK the format 28 March
> 2018 is often used. The same asin Spain. I know that in the USA a date
> written as 5/3/2018 is the same as 3/5/2018 in the UK(03 May 2018). So
> generally I go for day of the month, followed by word of the month and full
> year.This at least helps makes the date unambiguous for the Gregorian
> calendar. As long as thereader can distinguish the day, month and year.
>
> I do also know that styles can change over time. So often in the UK a
> datewas written 3rd May 2018. Then some years ago it was decided in my
> workplace that this was tooold fashioned and it was changed to 3 May 2018.
> This was for a public service dealing with millions of contacts a year from
> all over the UK. Now I'm often seeing 03 May 2018.
> May be it is just open to too much variation that it has never been coded
> in to a library. Inessence it is better to convey the meaning of the date
> unambiguously rather that meet thestylistic requirements of any locale.
> I'm curious about the ordering of day, month, year for the Gregorian
> calendar in other locales and if there is a library for that.
> Regards,
> Al
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