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

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** Changed in: f-spot
       Status: Unknown => New

** Changed in: f-spot
   Importance: Unknown => Low

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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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Status in Personal photo management for the GNOME desktop: New
Status in “f-spot” package in Ubuntu: Triaged

Bug description:
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 )