Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 21:08:39 +0100
From: se@FreeBSD.org (Stefan Esser)
To: phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp)
Cc: ache@nagual.ru ("=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=@octopussy (Andrey A. Chernov)"), current@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: Call for national time locales
Message-ID: <Mutt.19961129210839.se@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de>
In-Reply-To: <3331.849298054@critter.tfs.com>; from Poul-Henning Kamp on Nov 29, 1996 21:07:34 %2B0100
References: <199611291945.WAA00363@nagual.ru> <3331.849298054@critter.tfs.com>
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On Nov 29, phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) wrote: > >POSIX wants 3-letter abbreviation here, but in real life > >Germans and Russians use 2-letters abbreviations. > > >Final space is more bogus than initial one in cases like > >Fr , 29 Nov 1006 20:29:37 (ARPA-like), > ^^^^ > I know that the ARPA net was old, but... :-) > > I still think it is bogus. If they say "3-letter", then > "Fr " isn't allowable, neither is " Fr". Well, I think that "Mon", "Die", "Mit", "Don", "Fre", "Sam", "Son" are as good as the two letter abbreviations, and while I do not have any calendar with the 3 letter abbreviation at hand (but one, that uses a single character throughout :), I think you will easily find the 3 character form if you only look for it. For that reason, I think that the 3 character form should be used. Regards, STefan
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