Re: Internationalization in strftime
On Thu, Nov 02, 2006 at 02:12:37PM +0000, César Enrique García Dabó wrote:
> Hi, I am using the function strftime to output localized dates. However, the
> localization is properly done.
A "not" is missing here.
Whenever a program starts it uses the locale "C". You need to change it
as follows:
> I am using the following test program:
> #include <time.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
#include <locale.h>
> main()
> {
setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
> struct tm time;
> char string[1000];
> time.tm_mday = 2;
> time.tm_mon = 10;
> time.tm_year = 106;
> strftime(string, 999, "%d/%B/%Y",&time);
> printf(" Localized time: %s\n",string);
> }
>
> In theory, the %B format should print the month in localized form. I am using
> es_ES locale but I get the following:
> Localized time: 02/November/2006
>
> while the comand "date +%d/%B/%Y" outputs the date well localized:
> 02/noviembre/2006
It a bad date to test in in German since I expect the same for German
and English:
Localized time: 02/November/2006
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