Re: [libreoffice-l10n] [ANNOUNCE] Locale data date acceptance patterns, localizers HEADS UP please :)

Hi Eike

> > [... time separator ...]
> > Is it possible to accept both . and : as separators?
> No, only one is possible.
OK, good to know.
> > EU-standard (not seen that often but since were in the EU and all EU
> > documents ,
> > use this format it would be a good thing to support):
> > D.M
> > D.M.YYYY
> Which standard would that be? I only know of EN 28601 that followed ISO 8601.
Sorry, bad choice of words. The source of information that I used are 
the recommendations
that Språkrådet (the Swedish language council) gives. In their book 
"Svenska skrivregler"
they state that the format D.M.YYYY is used in all EU-documents 
regardless of language.
After some searching on the net I found publications I found this link:
http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-4100500en.htm
And a few more (Swedish and English) that said something similar to
"Dates in the text should always be given in their full form (6 June 
1992), whereas in footnotes they should always be abbreviated, i.e. 
6.6.1992, not 6.6.92"
> You can define as many date formats (to display dates) you want by just
> adding them to the locale data file starting with formatindex="50", too
> many formats in the dialog may just confuse users though..
Thank you, I'll have a closer look. Did a quick test build and was able 
to add D/M YYYY.
I'll discuss things further on the Swedish list and get back to you as 
soon as possible.
> For date acceptance patterns, as long as the DMY order stays the same
> within one locale also multiple separators can be used, ISO 8601 and its
> YMD order is always supported internally, no need to define anything for
> that.
OK, in other words D/M might be a problem for us since the most common 
format is YYYY-MM-DD.
I don't think it really matters that much, the most important (commonly 
used) formats
are already supported.

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Thanks,
/Niklas

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