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Re: fromat-time-string: %p vs %P (feels backward:
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raman |
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Re: fromat-time-string: %p vs %P (feels backward: |
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Mon, 24 Apr 2017 19:58:56 -0700 |
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Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
Interesting. I later realized that the documentation for
format-time-string only specifies the lower case version i.e. %p.
> On 04/24/2017 05:11 PM, raman wrote:
>> In the argument to format-time-string, %p produces am/pm in upper-case,
>> whereas %P produces lower-case.
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> It's awkward, but it's consistent with how glibc strftime works. For
> what it's worth, POSIX specifies %p to output upper-case in the C
> locale, and users likely expect that behavior.
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