[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47511: Add specific "default settings" for different locales

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#47511: Add specific "default settings" for different locales
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 Reporter:  azaozz          |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Administration  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |     Focuses:
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Description changed by azaozz:

Old description:

> In the UI there are several settings that are locale-specific, like "Date
> Format", "Time Format", "Week Starts On", etc. Also some locale specific
> differences in displaying information, like user's name on the Profile
> screen. In East Asia and some parts of Europe (and others) it is not
> accepted to have "John Doe", it is "Doe, John" (with or without the
> comma). For these locales the order of the form fields for First Name and
> Last Name should be swapped.
>
> This is handled well in MacOS and Windows. Not sure if we need all the
> options they offer, but a default per-locale settings would be great to
> have. Then they can include  word-count methods ("words" vs. separate
> characters), default lengths for strings/excerpts, (perhaps) some
> encoding changes for emails, decimal separator and grouping separator,
> and anything else that is locale-specific.

New description:

 In the UI there are several settings that are locale-specific, like "Date
 Format", "Time Format", "Week Starts On", etc. Also some locale specific
 differences in displaying information, like user's name on the Profile
 screen. In East Asia and some parts of Europe (and others) it is not
 accepted to have "John Doe", it is "Doe, John" (with or without the
 comma). For these locales the order of the form fields for First Name and
 Last Name should be swapped.

 This is handled well in MacOS and Windows. Not sure if we need all the
 options they offer, but a default per-locale settings would be great to
 have. Then they can include  word-count methods ("words" vs. characters),
 default lengths for strings/excerpts, (perhaps) some encoding changes for
 emails, decimal separator (`3,14` vs. `3.14`), grouping separator (`1 000
 000` vs. `1,000,000`), and anything else that is locale-specific.

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