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Re: Weekday abbreviations in output of cal(1)



On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 11:49:03AM -0700, Tom Spindler (moof) wrote:
> What do the non-en languages do?

Based on a quick inspection, "different things." :)

The time category of our NLS data includes short weekday names:
https://github.com/NetBSD/src/tree/trunk/share/locale/time

Two-letter abbreviations are common, but so are three-letter ones.
And some locales use a trailing dot, although most don't.

However, cal(1) has not been internationalized, so it only outputs
English as it is.


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