Re: CLDR Usage of Gregorian Calendar Era Terms: BC and AD -- Can we please have "CE" and "BCE" ?

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Wed Dec 19 2007 - 15:27:39 CST

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    At 13:09 -0800 2007-12-19, Mark Davis wrote:
    >Good point. We can certainly do that; there is provision for that in
    >CLDR for alternates.
    >
    >However, one of these pairs would need to be the default for the
    >language, and that's the one that would see the most usage. So this
    >shifts the discussion to the choice of default.

    The user should have the option to choose his preferred era
    presentation. That's why both era presentations should be available
    for translation in the CLDR. 

    -- 
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com

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