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Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] strftime: Set the default width of "%Ey" to 2 [BZ #23758]
- From: TAMUKI Shoichi <tamuki at linet dot gr dot jp>
- To: Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>, Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak at lingonborough dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 22:59:42 +0900
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] strftime: Set the default width of "%Ey" to 2 [BZ #23758]
- References: <CAKCAbMjA3j0GhDUN1qfvh=7bOxEES4-c1PAAta6uFVBe=J=SWw@mail.gmail.com>
Hello Zack,
From: Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] strftime: Set the default width of "%Ey" to 2 [BZ #23758]
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 21:45:37 -0500
> The thing I was trying to say is that "%Ey" (in the ja_JP locale)
> produces the number of a year _within_ an era. In this context, the
> Japanese word I want is not the word for the _name_ of an era, but the
> word for an era itself. What is that word?
Hmm, I cannot think of the word for an era itself.
Regards,
TAMUKI Shoichi