In Mexico, the official regulation (NOM-008-SCFI-1993, and NOM-008-SCFI-2002) set the decimal sign is as in the IS; however, in 2009 both the comma and the point were declared valid. Unfortunately, these kind of regulations are not mandatory, and people use the other notation in daily use, or as in the examples by [email protected]
[ESP] 2009 reform: http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5111108&fecha=24/09/2009 Last release: http://www.amap.com.mx/download/26.NOM-008-SCFI-2002%20Sistema%20general%20de%20unidades%20de%20medida.pdf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to langpack-locales in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/997248 Title: Inconsistency in decimal point for es_MX and es_NI locale Status in The GNU C Library: Confirmed Status in “langpack-locales” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: In México we use the point as decimal separator and the comma to separate thousands, But in the es_MX locale in Ubuntu precise it is set as in Europe; In System configuration> Language Support > Regional Formats I found in the example that the character that separates the thousands and millions is the point (.) and the one that separates the decimals is the comma (,) and that's incorrect for México, See attachment. This problem is seen when I try to use the calculator, or other gnome program that involves math, it's confusing. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/glibc/+bug/997248/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
