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> >
> > Rationale:
> >
> > - Most users therefore are very happy to just select a generic French,
> > English or Spanish locale, without any territory-specific information. The
> > availability of a generic English locale will significantly reduce
> > the number of users hassling support about "I speak English but live in
> > Denmark. Where do I find a Danish English locale then?".
>
> Well, English speakers in Denmark would probably use ISO 31-0
> formatted numbers, so there is a reason to distinguish these from
> some other English speakers, such as in England or the USA.
> >
Indeed. This is frequently referred to as the "English International"
locale and is generally different from both en_US and en_GB, e.g. in
the date formatting. en_US would typically use MM/DD/YYYY, en_GB
DD/MM/YYYY and en YYYY-MM-DD.
-hpa
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