Okay, thanks for the information. On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:59 AM, David Gómez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The most common written date format in Spain is d/m/yyyy (e.g. > 10/12/2008) or d/m/yy (e.g. 10/12/08). > The format m/d/y is not used and looks strange. > > The 12hours-clock is less used than 24-hours-clock. > > A normal date-time notation in Spain is: > > 10/12/08 - 17:03 > > or > > 10 de diciembre de 2008, 17:03 > > > > - dvdgmz. > > 2008/12/10 Patrick Nagel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hi Yaron, > > > >> The > >> question is: this code uses the global flag $wgAmericanDates, which > >> determines whether dates are displayed as "January 1, 2009" instead of > >> "1 January 2009", to dictate whether time should be in 24-hour format or > >> not. Does that sound fine for everyone, or are there countries/places > >> where, say, non-American-style dates are used with 12-hour time? The > >> alternative would be to have a second global variable, called, say, > >> $sfg24HourTime. > > > > After some more research I guess it would be better to have a separate > > configuration variable $sfg24HourTime: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_by_country says > that, for > > example in Australia and India 12-hour notation is common, but the most > common > > date format is d/m/y (as opposed to the American m/d/y). > > So I guess Australian and Indian users would want to switch > $wgAmericanDates > > off while still having the 12-hour clock format. > > > > As for the default value of $sfg24HourTime - from a compatibility point > of view > > it should be 'false', so that SF doesn't change behaviour. Most other > > applications default to 24h time though, because the majority of humans > use > > this format in written language, I believe ;) > > > > Patrick. > > > > -- > > Key ID: 0x86E346D4 http://patrick-nagel.net/key.asc > > Fingerprint: 7745 E1BE FA8B FBAD 76AB 2BFC C981 E686 86E3 46D4 > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Semantic Forms" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/semantic-forms?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
