Bug#975026: Use 公元 not 西元

2020-11-18 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
retitle 975026 Don't add "西元" to worldwide (2020) dates! thanks In fact I got a much better idea: Chuck the whole 西元 totally! Does $ LC_ALL=C date Thu Nov 19 13:11:20 CST 2020 add "A.D." etc.? No! Anyway, it is up to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/w

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2020-11-18 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > retitle 975026 Don't add "西元" to worldwide (2020) dates! Bug #975026 [locales] Use 公元 not 西元 Changed Bug title to 'Don't add "西元" to worldwide (2020) dates!' from 'Use 公元 not 西元'. > thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need

Bug#975026: Use 公元 not 西元

2020-11-18 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
We just like one does not want to mention "Christ" when talking about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_time etc. See also https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/公元 > "FW" == Florian Weimer writes: FW> * 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson: >> I think this, >> $ LC_TIME=zh_TW.UTF-8 date >> 西元2020年11月18日 (週三) 12時39分

Bug#975026: Use 公元 not 西元

2020-11-17 Thread Florian Weimer
* 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson: > I think this, > $ LC_TIME=zh_TW.UTF-8 date > 西元2020年11月18日 (週三) 12時39分44秒 CST > should say 公元 not 西元. Why do you think so? These Taiwanese newspapers appear to use 西元 for Gregorian years:

Bug#975026: Use 公元 not 西元

2020-11-17 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
Package: locales Version: 2.31-4 Severity: minor I think this, $ LC_TIME=zh_TW.UTF-8 date 西元2020年11月18日 (週三) 12時39分44秒 CST should say 公元 not 西元. Alas, I do not know where to submit this bug to.