Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Gevik Babakhani wrote:
> >
> >> I have compiled 8.3 (CVS HEAD) with NLS on a XP box. But it seems that NLS
> >> support is broke.
> >> Could someone please confirm this.
> >>
> >
> > What I can confirm is that lc_messages is supposed to work for to_char,
> > because it shows the localized output for me as I change lc_messages;
> > and it doesn't if I change lc_time.
> >
> >
>
> FSVO "supposed to".
>
> The CVS history is somewhat murky.
>
> On Nov 24 2006 this was committed dor src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c:
>
> r 1.114: Fix to_char() locale handling to honor LC_TIME, not LC_MESSAGES.
>
> A few hours later it was supposedly reverted: r 1.115: Revert (too late
> in beta): Fix to_char() locale handling to honor LC_TIME, not LC_MESSAGES.
>
> Apparently this was never returned to (it should probably have been put
> on the patches hold queue).
Added to TODO list:
o Use LC_TIME for localized weekday/month names, rather than LC_MESSAGES
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