A simple workaround would be to use %x instead of "%e %B %Y". I also was considering using %Ex, but found out that its output doesn't differ from %x in all locales I tried (en_US.UTF-8, de_DE.UTF-8, ru_RU.UTF-8).
The attached patch should be applied after ncal_options.diff in quilt series. $ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 ncal -e April 5 2015 # right $ LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF-8 ncal -e 5 April 2015 # wrong: lacks the ordinal dot, should be: 5. April 2015 $ LC_ALL=ru_RU.UTF-8 ncal -e 5 Апрель 2015 # wrong, should be: 5 апреля 2015 With the patch applied, $ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 ./ncal -e 04/05/2015 $ LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF-8 ./ncal -e 05.04.2015 $ LC_ALL=ru_RU.UTF-8 ./ncal -e 05.04.2015
Description: Display Easter date according to locale rules Use the %x strftime format instead of ad-hoc "%e %B %Y" and "%B %e %Y" Author: Sergey Romanov <schra...@gmail.com> Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/252166 --- This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ --- a/usr.bin/ncal/ncal.c +++ b/usr.bin/ncal/ncal.c @@ -587,20 +587,6 @@ printeaster(int y, int julian, int ortho date dt; struct tm tm; char buf[MAX_WIDTH]; -#ifndef D_MD_ORDER - static int d_first = -1; /* XXX */ - char * str = nl_langinfo(D_FMT); - - if (d_first < 0) { - for (; *str && *str != 'd' && *str != 'm'; str++); - d_first = (*str == 'm') ? 0 : 1; - } -#else - static int d_first = -1; - - if (d_first < 0) - d_first = (*nl_langinfo(D_MD_ORDER) == 'd'); -#endif /* force orthodox easter for years before 1583 */ if (y < 1583) orthodox = 1; @@ -617,7 +603,7 @@ printeaster(int y, int julian, int ortho tm.tm_year = dt.y - 1900; tm.tm_mon = dt.m - 1; tm.tm_mday = dt.d; - strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), d_first ? "%e %B %Y" : "%B %e %Y", &tm); + strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%x", &tm); wprintf(L"%s\n", buf); }
