What's the standard Tcl way (package?) to localize 'clock'. In any country, I'll get this:
% clock format [clock seconds]
Wed Apr 13 17:20:53 +0100 2005But that 'Wed', 'Apr', are English-only. How do Tcl'ers handle this? - RS often uses this ISO-like format, good for sorting:
% clock format [clock sec] -format %Y-%m-%d,%H:%M:%S 2005-04-13,18:36:18
Ah, yes, but if I want to display a localized date to the user, their own language would be nice...
LES:
proc {mês em português} {} {
set Month [ clock format [clock sec] -format "%m" ]
set Meses {
0
janeiro fevereiro março abril
maio junho julho agosto
setembro outubro novembro dezembro
}
set Mes [ lindex $Meses [ format "%d" $Month ] ]
set Month [ clock format [clock sec] -format "%B" ]
puts "this is $Month"
puts "estamos em $Mes"
}
{mês em português}LV Check out Tcl 8.5a1 or newer. Kevin Kenny has been working hard to provide the functionality you desire. See http://tip.tcl.tk/173 for details.
Indeed, Tcl 8.5a1 supports localization of all those languages dependent names for day of week (including abbreviations), month of year, etc.
A simple example is:
to be written...