[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49388: Default date/time formats for non-US English locales are incorrect

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#49388: Default date/time formats for non-US English locales are incorrect
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 Reporter:  getsnoopy          |       Owner:  getsnoopy
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Date/Time          |     Version:
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  reporter-feedback  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by siliconforks):

 Replying to [comment:2 getsnoopy]:
 > I see now that my phrasing could've been better. By "non-US English
 locales", I meant "non-US, English locales"; i.e., non en-US English
 locales, so these would be en-GB, en-AU, en-NZ, en-ZA, and en-CA. It seems
 like the translated versions of those formats in those locales are
 incorrect.

 That's not really true for en-CA - "F j, Y" is more commonly used in
 Canadian English.

 > But I also now realize that the default format should be changed as
 well, since en-US is the only locale that uses "F j, Y" as the date
 format, while basically every other locale/country use the long-form
 international DMY date format "j F Y" (RFC 2822) or the numerical
 international DMY date formats "Y-m-d" (ISO 8601) or "d/m/Y". The "F j, Y"
 format can be added to just the en-US locale.

 I don't see how an en-US translation could be "added to just the en-US
 locale" - if a WordPress installation uses the en-US locale, it doesn't
 install any translation files at all; it just uses the default
 translatable strings (which are assumed to already be in the en-US
 locale).

 Probably the thing that needs to be fixed is the translation you have
 installed, which should change "jS F Y" to "j F Y".  Which locale are you
 using - is it en-GB?

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