new clock plugin

[Bernhard Walle]

* Brian J. Tarricone [23.10.2005 12:14]:
> Bernhard Walle wrote:
>>> * Brian J. Tarricone [23.10.2005 09:35]:
>>>
>>>> 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.

Hm ..., can you explain why this is complicated?


Regards,
 Bernhard