[ubuntu-mono] [Bug 1799853] [NEW] German translation of "Create New Note" template breaks functionality

[Mirko Hessel-von Molo]

Public bug reported:


Working with 18.04.01, package 1.15.9-0ubuntu1

When Tomboy 1.15.9 is used in a German locale, new notes are created
with a nonsensical title.

In the English locale, the title would be eg. "Note from 2018-10-28, 02:58:34.123". 
In German, it is "Notiz von JJJJ-10-TT, 02:58:34.123". Clearly the date part is nonsense.

The reason for this is that the string "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff"
creating the time stamp (line 483 in NoteManager.cs) is first fed into
Catalog.GetString() and then into DateTime.Now.ToString; i.e. it is
translated before being processed.

Now in the German .po file, there is "JJJJ-MM-dd, HH:mm:ss.fff" as a
translation for "yyyy-MM-dd, HH:mm:ss.fff". This breaks the "ToString"
functionality and leads to the above mentioned effects.

It is easy to correct this: either remove the call of
Catalog.GetString() for the above mentioned string, or remove the
"translation" of this string (if for some reason the call is required
for other languages).

** Affects: tomboy (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  German translation of "Create New Note" template breaks functionality

Status in tomboy package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  
  Working with 18.04.01, package 1.15.9-0ubuntu1

  When Tomboy 1.15.9 is used in a German locale, new notes are created
  with a nonsensical title.

  In the English locale, the title would be eg. "Note from 2018-10-28, 02:58:34.123". 
  In German, it is "Notiz von JJJJ-10-TT, 02:58:34.123". Clearly the date part is nonsense.

  The reason for this is that the string "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.fff"
  creating the time stamp (line 483 in NoteManager.cs) is first fed into
  Catalog.GetString() and then into DateTime.Now.ToString; i.e. it is
  translated before being processed.

  Now in the German .po file, there is "JJJJ-MM-dd, HH:mm:ss.fff" as a
  translation for "yyyy-MM-dd, HH:mm:ss.fff". This breaks the "ToString"
  functionality and leads to the above mentioned effects.

  It is easy to correct this: either remove the call of
  Catalog.GetString() for the above mentioned string, or remove the
  "translation" of this string (if for some reason the call is required
  for other languages).

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