Bug#1064042: gsettings-desktop-schemas: regression: LC_TIME=en_GB.utf8 uses 12-hour time format

[Simon McVittie]

Control: forwarded -1 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettings-desktop-schemas/-/issues/55
Control: tags -1 + upstream

On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 at 11:02:42 +0100, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> upgrading from version 45.0-2 to this version introduces a regression:
> with LC_TIME=en_GB.utf8 now a 12-hour time format (instead of 24-hour)
> is used, for example, in thunderbird.
> 
> Is it intended?

Sort of:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettings-desktop-schemas/-/commit/73e83eae294066266b98b80f525a88a5be3b38dd
(presumably the en_GB translation is one of many that have not been
updated to translate '12h' to '24h').

>From the upstream change:

"Translators: you will want to translate this from '12h' to '24h' if
your locale uses a 24-hour clock. Yes, it's a shame that we have to
do this when in theory the locale already knows how to format time,
but this is a pragmatic solution."

I don't think this is actually a pragmatic solution for anyone except
en_US speakers, so I've opened an upstream issue asking for a rethink.

    smcv