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Bug#468849: some background, please?



On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 18:46:47 +0200
Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@iki.fi> wrote:
> Do you have examples of someone actually using full stop as time
> separator in Finland?

Plenty. Everywhere in Helsingin Sanomat.
On the Internet, you could see Yleisradio's program listings
http://ohjelmaopas.yle.fi/mediaoppaat/radio-opas
Eduskunta's web pages:
http://web.eduskunta.fi/Resource.phx/eduskunta/organisaatio/taysistunto/viikontaysistunnot.htx

> using colon as a separator is incredibly
> common.

It is an unfortunate side-effect of globalisation (and VCRs) =(



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