[Bug localedata/11630] New: Odd time separator in Swedish time format for sv_SE

["m4rh at stjernholm dot org" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

Libc is currently using "." as separator in time stamps in the sv_SE locale. I
think it should be ":" instead, i.e. "HH:MM:SS" instead of "HH.MM.SS".

Albeit both notations occur in Swedish, the one with period is much more
uncommon and looks slightly odd to a native Swede like me, especially when used
with second precision.

To justify that ":" is a more common separator, I did a brief survey of the 20
most popular web sites accessed from Sweden (according to
http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/SE):

google.se:
Example: "den 23 maj 2010 16:28:23 GMT" - click "Cachad" (cached) on any hit.

facebook.com:
Not checked, as I lack an account and cannot find any time stamp on the front page.

google.com:
Not in Swedish.

youtube.com:
Cannot find any time stamps (only durations).

aftonbladet.se:
Example: "21:00 Aktuellt" - from the TV listings at the bottom on the front page.

live.com:
Not checked since an account needed, and no there is no time stamp on the front
page.

wikipedia.org:
Example: "september 2006 kl. 08.19 (CEST)" - from some article on
sv.wikipedia.org, click "diskussion" (discussion) and see time stamps after
comments. It is not unlikely that these time stamps are generated by the libc
I'm filing this bug against, though.

blocket.se:
Example: "Idag 20:38" - click on any area on the Swedish map; there are time
stamps in front of the ads that appear.

blogger.com:
Example: "2008-12-11 21:14" - from a random blog
http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2129541161917078962/posts/default.

yahoo.com:
Could not find any time stamps on se.yahoo.com.

msn.com:
Example: "2010-05-24 21:09" - go to se.msn.com and choose some news article.

foreningssparbanken.se:
Example: "Valutakurserna uppdateras 11.30 varje dag." -
http://www.swedbank.se/privat/rantor-priser-och-kurser/index.htm.

hitta.se:
Example: "Start: 2010-04-19 21:00" - choose "Trafik" (traffic) and zoom in on
one of the traffic events.

expressen.se:
Example: "21:00 CSI" - scroll down to the TV listings at the bottom of the page.

eniro.se:
Example: "23:25" - choose "Köp & Sälj" (buy & sell), see the "Senast inlagda
annonser" (most recent ads) list.

twitter.com:
Not available in Swedish.

dn.se:
Example: "20:59" - see the "Senaste nytt" (latest news) list to the right.

blogg.se:
Example: "2010-05-24 | 19:55:44" - choose the first blog that comes up.

wordpress.com:
Example: "24 maj 2010 kl 20:17" - choose some blog from sv.wordpress.com.

thepiratebay.org:
Example: "Senast uppdaterad 08:24:04." - on the front page after selecting
"Svenska" as language preference.

To summarize, 12 of these popular sites use HH:MM or HH:MM:SS, while 2 use HH.MM.

To this I can add that a certain other market leading commercial OS uses
HH:MM:SS in its Swedish locale (even though the separator is configurable there,
only ":" is among the alternatives in the version I checked).

-- 
           Summary: Odd time separator in Swedish time format for sv_SE
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.11
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: localedata
        AssignedTo: libc-locales at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: m4rh at stjernholm dot org
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


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