Re: [Gramps-devel] Problems with date parser on Hardy?

[Espen B. <es...@gm...>]

I now tried the debug in latest from SVN: 3.0.2-0.SVN10819M
The debug prints "nb_NO found".  If I write "17.07.1976" the date text
entry turns red.


Espen



2008/6/25, Benny Malengier <ben...@gm...>:
> I did not know you could enter points in Dutch.
> Anyway, entering here 17.07.1976, works just fine in Hardy, 3.0.1-0-SVN...,
> and after save I see 17/07/1976, the normal dutch way of writing it.
>
> Are you sure the dutch/swedish/norwegian date module is used, as obviously
> the system supposes USA style dates.
>  So, do you in a terminal startup not see message like:
>
> "Date parser for", LANG, "not available, using default" ?
>
> To debug, perhaps add in your src/DateHandler/__init__.py some print
> statement extra, eg
>
> try:
>     if LANG_TO_PARSER.has_key(LANG):
>         parser = LANG_TO_PARSER[LANG]()
>         print LANG, 'found'
>     else:
>         print LANG, 'not found, looking for ' , LANG_TO_PARSER[LANG_SHORT]
>          parser = LANG_TO_PARSER[LANG_SHORT]()
>
> Benny
>
> 2008/6/25 Espen Berg <es...@gm...>:
> >
> > Hi all!
> > I just upgraded my Ubuntu to Hardy (8.04).  When trying to enter dates
> > for events in GRAMPS, I always get an alert (red blinking background
> > in the date entry) when entering dates of type "17.07.1976".  If I
> > however enter "07.17.1976" it works.  The latter date format is not
> > built into my brain or fingers, so it is not even an option to use
> > that one.
> >
> > I've tried different languages to verify that it is consistent, and it
> > is.  Both Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian gives me the same warning for
> > the same date entry.
> >
> > Just for the verification, I downloaded GRAMPS 2.2.10 and tried the
> > same - with the same result.  This way I assume I've struck into some
> > locale stuff (again).
> >
> > Any ideas of how to be able to enter dates on the format "dd.mm.yyyy"
> > (which is the most normal format for e.g. Norwegians).
> >
> > Output from shell:
> >
> > espenbe@ministerial:~$ locale
> > LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8
> > LC_CTYPE="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_NUMERIC="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_TIME="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_COLLATE="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_MONETARY="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_MESSAGES="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_PAPER="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_NAME="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_ADDRESS="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_TELEPHONE="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_MEASUREMENT="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_IDENTIFICATION="nb_NO.UTF-8"
> > LC_ALL=
> >
> >
> >
> > Espen
> >
> >
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