[Gaim-i18n] Translatable strftime() format strings?

[Bjoern V. <bj...@cs...>]

Hello!

I found the following i18n strings in Gaim 2.0.0cvs:

#: src/gtklog.c:258
msgid "%B %Y"
msgstr ""

#: src/util.c:632
#, c-format
msgid "%x %X"
msgstr ""

This strings are passed into gaim_utf8_strftime() which is a portable
version of strftime(). Is it correct to mark this strings as
translatable?

I don't think so, because strftime() already uses locale settings. For
instance (from "man strftime"):

        %x     The preferred date representation for the current
               locale without the time.

In theory it's possible that the translator changes the strftime()
format string in his translation. In practice gettext checks carefully
the strings, because it thinks, that strftime() format strings are
printf-strings ("c-format" hint). So there is not much freedom for the
translators in practice and I recommend to remove the i18n marks here.

Greetings, Bj=F6rn