Hi, the New Zealand locale file /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_NZ is missing strings for "am" and "pm". These should be the same as those in the en_AU (Australia) locale file. (Also, the en_GB file is missing these too, and I assume they should also be the same.) Thanks --- en_NZ- 2006-03-02 15:15:39.000000000 +1300 +++ en_NZ 2006-03-02 15:15:39.000000000 +1300 @@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ d_t_fmt "<U0025><U0061><U0020><U0025><U0064><U0020><U0025><U0062><U0020><U0025><U0059><U0020><U0025><U0054><U0020><U0025><U005A>" d_fmt "<U0025><U0064><U002F><U0025><U006D><U002F><U0025><U0079>" t_fmt "<U0025><U0054>" -am_pm "";"" -t_fmt_ampm "" +am_pm "<U0041><U004D>";"<U0050><U004D>" +t_fmt_ampm "<U0025><U0049><U003A><U0025><U004D><U003A><U0025><U0053><U0020>/ +<U0025><U0070>" date_fmt "<U0025><U0061><U0020><U0025><U0062><U0020><U0025><U0065>/ <U0020><U0025><U0048><U003A><U0025><U004D><U003A><U0025><U0053><U0020>/ <U0025><U005A><U0020><U0025><U0059>"
You have to provide evidence that am/pm is actually used. If the am/pm format isn't officially required and only just understood there is no reason to add it. Pointers to official web sites etc needed.
Subject: Re: please add am_pm formatting information to en_NZ On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 08:47:05PM -0000, drepper at redhat dot com wrote: > > ------- Additional Comments From drepper at redhat dot com 2006-04-25 20:47 ------- > You have to provide evidence that am/pm is actually used. If the am/pm format > isn't officially required and only just understood there is no reason to add it. > Pointers to official web sites etc needed. At the very least, the gnome clock applet uses it. https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/langpack-locales/+bug/34262 John
Hi Ulrich, New Zealand Standard Time and New Zealand Daylight Time are defined in the New Zealand Time Act of 1974. This act uses the am/pm designation to define the start and end of the Daylight Savings time period each year. I guess you could call that official use :) The text of the Act can be found at: http://rangi.knowledge-basket.co.nz/gpacts/reprint/text/1974/se/039se4.html The reference to am/pm in relation to daylight savings time is in Section 4(2)
I looked up some newspaper myself and they seem to confirm it. I changed the locale.