On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, Henry Sobotka wrote: > 2009. I would expect "9-12-2003" (expressing years in two digits is > frowned upon; e.g. "1998-99" is considered an anglicism, "the proper way > to write it" being "1998-1999"). The string version would be "le 9 > d�cembre 2003"; month abbreviations tend to be used only where space is > limited (as in a table), and preceding dates with "le" is almost > invariable, even where "the" would never be used in English. I'm left > wondering if the "03-12-09" isn't an ISO-standard placeholder for "not > sure of locale data", or based on a "Canada is officially metric, ergo > ISO rules" premise out of touch with common usage (even for en_CA I > would expect "12/09/03", not the preferable-for-the-sake-of-clarity > y-m-d).
To file a bug report for the ICU data, which is what we use for DateTime::Locale, go to http://www.jtcsv.com/cgibin/icu-bugs/ I double-checked and the latest version of the fr_CA locale still specified the use of the YY-MM-DD format for medium and short lengths. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
