--- "Ismo J. Makinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it possible to use my locale's date/time format? > All the Insert/Date and TIme and Insert/Field: Date > and Time > options are in English although my locale is FInnish > (fi-FI). > > The problem is that the date separator should be . > (point), > not / (slash). > > In Insert/Date and Time the first and second options > are > (using today's date) > 04/15/02 > Monday, April 15, 2002 > > They should be (in Finnish) > 15.04.2002 > Maanantai, 15. huhtikuuta 2002 > > As you can see, the default date separator should be > . and the default > order should be dd.mm.yyyy > > Is there any way to use Finnish month and day names? > The funny thing is when I choose Insert Field/Date > and Time/Time Zone > I get "Suomen kes�aika", which is correct (Finnish > summer time) > > Is this some kind of configuration problem or can't > we localize > date/time? > I am using Win95B and Control Panel/Regional > settings are correct > (FInnish; date separator is '.', default date format > is dd.mm.yyy). > > Another reason why I ask this is: > In fi-FI.strings file there are FIELD_DateTime.. > strings. > > As a FInnish locale translator I should translate > them > into Finnish. I could do that, but it would be > misleading > because I allways get the english version format. > IE. FIELD_DateTime_Wkday="The Weekday" should be > FIELD_DateTime_Wkday="Viikonp�iv�" > (I can't get 100% - correct - translation ;) > > When I try that command I get "Monday". I should get > "Maanantai". > I could define FIELD_DateTime_DDMMYY="dd/mm/yy" as > FIELD_DateTime_DDMMYY="dd.mm.yy" but I still get > 15/04/02, not > 15.04.02 and so on. > > I hope this should just work. It seems rather stupid > that > you have Insert/Date and time dialogue but you can't > insert > your language's correct date formats (time format > separator : is OK, > the same in FInnish). I hope I am missing something > obvious here. > > Sorry if I sound a little frustrated.
This sounds like a bug for the L10N section on http://bugzilla.abisource.com so go ahead and file it. Andrew Dunbar. ===== http://linguaphile.sourceforge.net http://www.abisource.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com
