[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21139: Month format in Publish box

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#21139: Month format in Publish box
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 Reporter:  pavelevap     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  I18N          |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
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Comment (by SergeyBiryukov):

 > 1) Month numbers are not localized. Czech does not use numbers with
 format 01, 02, etc.

 What would be the solution here? I thought of `number_format_i18n()`, but
 it seems to remove leading zeroes for all languages.

 > 2) How should be strings "May_May_abbreviation" translated in the right
 way?

 This was a hack to make day and month abbreviations unique ([1518],
 [2232]). According to the comment (the last sentence was gone in [3676]),
 these strings should be translated to day and month
 initials/abbreviations, without the `_*_abbreviation` part.

 > Also explanation for translators (three-letter abbreviation of the
 month) is not exact, because we can use 2 (better for Czech) or any other
 number of characters.

 It's probably just because most languages use 3 letters.
 I guess it's fine to use 2-letter abbreviations if they make more sense,
 as long as the translated strings are still unique. In ru_RU, we use 2
 letters for day abbreviations and 3 letters for months.

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