new clock plugin

[Brian J. Tarricone]

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Bernhard Walle wrote:
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> * Brian J. Tarricone [23.10.2005 09:35]:
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>>We can also debate what the pre-selected date/time formats should be
>>later ^_~.
> 
> 
> I think it should be part of the translation so that each translator
> could choose the most "native" date format. E.g. in USA it's common to
> write "Oct 23 2005" (or with some dots and commas, I don't remember ;)),
> in Germany "23.10.2005" is the most common representation, or the whole
> month ("23. Oktober 2005").

That sounds like a cool idea, but it's a bit complicated and
inconsisten, so... sorry, but no.  If you want to go beyond the
defaults, you always have 'man strftime', which is what you had to do
with datetime regardless.

> In my opinition there should be only one date/time plugin with all
> features. Goodie or not doesn't matter, but not two different. It's just
> confusing, IMHO.

Yeah, I agree with this.  It's one thing to have a nice lean simple
clock, but really, it's a *clock*.  It's silly to have to install a new
plugin just to get a clock that does something slightly different.

	-brian

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