Re: Potential to_char localization bug - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Dennis Bjorklund wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut skrev:
> > >                 case 4:
> > >                         m = _("May");
> > >                         break;
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Haven't thought of a fix yet.
> > 
> > A common way is to use something of the form
> > 
> >     m = _("S:May") + 2;
> > 
> > and a comment above (that is copied to the .po file) explaining that the 
> > S: should be in the translated string as well.
> 
> OK, I am ready to admit I am lost.  What is the problem here?

The problem is that "May" is both a month name, and the shorthand for a
month name.  So there is no way to determine which is which for the
translation machinery.  (Incidentally I noticed that what I proposed
doesn't fix the problem, in fact it doesn't work at all).

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