[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 398438] [NEW] f-spot date field is ambigious (and wrong for much of the world)

[Duncan Lithgow]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: f-spot

* Ubuntu 9.04
* f-spot 0.5.0.3, 
* European (da_dk) locale

The f-spot date field is ambigious (ie. it can have more than one
meaning).

In the sidebar it is written as nn/nn/nnnn which could mean dd/mm/yyyy
(as expected in Europe, S.E. Asia, Australasia, S. America, Russian
Federation etc.) or it could mean mm/dd/yyyy (as users in USA expect and
f-spot provides). This is a real problem for half the world.

Even in the 'Adjust Time' tool of f-spot there is ambiguity. The date is
shown both in mm/dd/yyyy format and yyyy-mm-dd (the added calendar helps
clarify). All these differences are just bad for the user experience,
and in this case erode trust in the application and can mess up peoples
EXIF data.

(A worldwide standard would solve this, but this is another story you
can read about here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date#Date_format )

** Affects: f-spot (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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f-spot date field is ambigious (and wrong for much of the world)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398438
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