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[Bug libstdc++/26697] time_put::put('x') shows only 2 year digits, in en_GB locale.
- From: "pcarlini at suse dot de" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 15 Mar 2006 17:22:59 -0000
- Subject: [Bug libstdc++/26697] time_put::put('x') shows only 2 year digits, in en_GB locale.
- References: <bug-26697-8548@http.gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/>
- Reply-to: gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org
------- Comment #6 from pcarlini at suse dot de 2006-03-15 17:22 -------
(In reply to comment #5)
> > I mean, what evidence do you have that the en_GB locale data should be different?
>
> I see no reason why en_GB should want to show 2 year digits, while en_US and
> en_DE should be happy with 4. 2 digits lead to confusion because it is a loss
> of data.
In *principle*, I can well agree with you, but I'm afraid that reasoning is not
sufficient. What about the "C" locale? It also uses 2 digits, and if it can,
then, well, any other locale can.
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