[Pas-dev] i18n

[Kaare R. <ka...@ka...>]

i18n and l10n is not just about characters and codesets. In a financial 
application there are major issues:

- Characters and Codesets 
- Numbers
  Numbers can be represented differently in different locales. For example, 
  the following numbers are all written correctly for their respective
  locales:
   12,345.67       English
   12.345,67       Danish
    12345,67       French
   1,2345.67       Asia 
- Currency
  In addition to the way a number is represented, there is a difference in
  the way currency is displayed and entered.
   $ 400.00	American
   400,00 DKK	Danish
- Dates
   12/31/2002
   31/12-2002
   2002-12-31
- Time
   23:59:59
   12:59:59 PM
- Messages 

I believe that all this can be covered quite easily by using perl modules 
like gettext. But this is the tough part:

- It has to work both as input and output
  It is necessary, when the user enters a date, that it is recognised 
  correctly. If my locale is Danish, and I enter 3/8/2002, I want it to be
  August 3, 2002. If the locale is US English, it is March 8.


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