Re: [Bug-sysutils] %H:%M

[David Weinehall]

On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 04:29:13PM -0400, Ben Asselstine wrote:
> Isn't %r in the current locale?
> 
> >From the glibc manual:
>    `%r'
>          The complete calendar time using the AM/PM format of the
>          current locale.

Yes, %r is, %R isn't.  Which means that for all locales that use a sane
(24h) time annotation, the separator runs the risk of being incorrect.
I don't know how many countries use something else than ":", but I know
that a some use ".".


Regards: David
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