Bug 24013 - am_pm definitions for es_ES
Summary: am_pm definitions for es_ES
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: glibc
Classification: Unclassified
Component: localedata (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: 2.39
Assignee: Mike FABIAN
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Reported: 2018-12-20 14:46 UTC by Sergi Almacellas Abellana
Modified: 2024-01-02 20:38 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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patch_v1 (487 bytes, patch)
2018-12-20 14:46 UTC, Sergi Almacellas Abellana
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Description Sergi Almacellas Abellana 2018-12-20 14:46:35 UTC
Created attachment 11479 [details]
patch_v1

In Spain "a. m." and "p. m." are used for AM/PM abreviations. Here are some evidences:

The Spanish real academy: 

http://lema.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?id=YNoTWNJnAD6bhhVBf9

In the wikipedia page that explains the 12hours system clearly shows that it whould be used:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistema_horario_de_12_horas

and also:

http://hispanoteca.eu/gram%C3%A1ticas/Gram%C3%A1tica%20espa%C3%B1ola/Ortograf%C3%ADa-%20RAE%202010-Hora%20y%20fecha.htm

I've attached a patch that fixes it.
Comment 1 Sourceware Commits 2024-01-02 20:31:02 UTC
The master branch has been updated by Mike Fabian <mfabian@sourceware.org>:

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=e3e98b0327ff43901bb96ef7f3ff81fd7c5c93cf

commit e3e98b0327ff43901bb96ef7f3ff81fd7c5c93cf
Author: Mike FABIAN <mfabian@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue Jan 2 17:26:20 2024 +0100

    localedata: es_ES: Add am_pm strings
    
    Resolves: BZ # 24013
    
    Use <U202F> instead of a plain space because CLDR also uses that.
Comment 2 Mike FABIAN 2024-01-02 20:38:09 UTC
Fixed in glb
Comment 3 Mike FABIAN 2024-01-02 20:38:42 UTC
Fixed in glibc master branch.