Right, what if the requirements for adding locales are as follows:
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If you need to add a custom locale that cannot inherit from an existing one:
1) Inherit from DateTime::Locale::Base - you'll need to implement
the following methods:
locale_id
month_names
month_abbreviations
day_names
day_abbreviations
am_pm_list
eras # Someday soon...
date_formats
time_formats
date_time_format_pattern_order
It's highly recommended that your locale id uses the following format:
LanguageId[_TerritoryId[_VariantId]]
LanguageId = Lower case ISO-639 standard language code
TerritoryId = Upper case ISO-3166 standard country code
VariantId = Upper case custom string
Choose locale id's carefully - there's no warning if you register a locale
that already exists.
As well as the supplied DateTime::Locale ids, the following are also
reserved:
c
posix
Afar
Amharic
Austrian
Brazilian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
French
Gedeo
German
Italian
Norwegian
Oromo
Portugese
Sidama
Somali
Spanish
Swedish
Tigre
TigrinyaEritrean
TigrinyaEthiopian
2) Register your locale:
a) If you're using the DateTime::Locale namespace:
DateTime::Locale->register_locale(de_DE_RIDAS1 =>
'deu_DE_RIDAS1',
'ger_DE_RIDAS1',
'German_Germany_Ridas custom 1',
'Deutsch_Deutschland_Ridas custom 1');
In this case, the class name is DateTime::Locale::de_DE_RIDAS1, and
can be instantiated with any of the following:
DateTime::Locale->load("de_DE_RIDAS1");
DateTime::Locale->load("deu_DE_RIDAS1");
DateTime::Locale->load("ger_DE_RIDAS1");
DateTime::Locale->load("German_Germany_Ridas custom 1");
b) If you're using a custom namespace, supply the full Class name
in addition - for Ridas::Locales::GermanGermanyOne.pm :
DateTime::Locale->register_locale(de_DE_RIDAS1 =>
'deu_DE_RIDAS1',
'ger_DE_RIDAS1',
'German_Germany_Ridas custom 1',
'Deutsch_Deutschland_Ridas custom 1',
'Ridas::Locales::GermanGermanyOne');
In this case, as in a) above, the locale can be instantiated with any
of the following:
DateTime::Locale->load("de_DE_RIDAS1");
DateTime::Locale->load("deu_DE_RIDAS1");
DateTime::Locale->load("ger_DE_RIDAS1");
DateTime::Locale->load("German_Germany_Ridas custom 1");
If you register a locale that already exists, your newly registered locale
takes preference for the rest of that session.
3) [Optional] Make your registrations permanent
Create DateTime::Locale::CustomInstall.pm, and register your locales in the
import() method. These locales will be automatically registered whenever
DateTime::Locale is used:
package DateTime::Locale::CustomInstall;
use DateTime::Locale;
sub import
{
DateTime::Locale->register_locale( [
[
'de_DE_RIDAS1',
'deu_DE_RIDAS1',
'ger_DE_RIDAS1',
'German_Germany_Ridas custom 1',
'Deutsch_Deutschland_Ridas custom 1',
'Ridas::Locales::GermanGermanyOne',
],
[
'de_DE_RIDAS2',
'deu_DE_RIDAS2',
'ger_DE_RIDAS2',
'German_Germany_Ridas custom 2',
'Deutsch_Deutschland_Ridas custom 2',
'Ridas::Locales::GermanGermanyTwo',
],
[
'de_DE_RIDAS3',
'deu_DE_RIDAS3',
'ger_DE_RIDAS3',
'German_Germany_Ridas custom 3',
'Deutsch_Deutschland_Ridas custom 3',
'Ridas::Locales::GermanGermanyThree',
],
] );
}
1;
That's it.
So, any better? I should be able to implement the code needed for this quite
easily.
Cheers,
Rich
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