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| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Localization of abbreviated day names |
| Date: | 2006-11-17 16:44:42 |
| Message-ID: | 200611171744.43592.peter_e@gmx.net |
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Another issue regarding the to_char localization: DY is documented to use 3
characters, but in German week names are abbreviated to 2 characters. Other
languages will likely have related issues. What should we do here? I'd
favor that we change the 3 characters to "some fixed length". Other ideas?
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Peter Eisentraut
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| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| Subject: | Re: Localization of abbreviated day names |
| Date: | 2006-11-20 20:20:29 |
| Message-ID: | 200611202020.kAKKKT415274@momjian.us |
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Another issue regarding the to_char localization: DY is documented to use 3
> characters, but in German week names are abbreviated to 2 characters. Other
> languages will likely have related issues. What should we do here? I'd
> favor that we change the 3 characters to "some fixed length". Other ideas?
Docs updated to:
"3 chars in English, localized lengths vary"
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Bruce Momjian bruce(at)momjian(dot)us
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