Re: [libreoffice-l10n] [ANNOUNCE] added possessive genitive case month names, HEADS UP localizers ; -)

Hi Harri,

On Sunday, 2011-11-20 14:30:23 +0200, Harri Pitkänen wrote:

> > Hmm.. I could add also a partitive form to locale data and use that in
> > the number formatter. Is the rule simply always that if the day precedes
> > the month the genitive is used, and if the day follows the month the
> > partitive is used?
>
> Well the genitive and partitive need to be swapped here

Of course, my bad.

> but othewise, yes. So 
> the complete rule looks like this:
>
> - If there is no day of month in the format, use nominative form for the 
> month.
> - If the day is before month, use partitive form for the month.
> - Otherwise (that is, if the day is after month) use genitive form.

Thanks, I'll add partitive case month names as well.

> Has 
> anyone checked how this affects interoperability with Excel?

I think they use a similar approach for genitive case names (use them if
a day of month is present), but I haven't heard of partitive case.

  Eike

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