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[Bug 752007] Re: javascript toLocaleDateString output format YY-MM-YYYY

 

With the reminder from other people updating, I retested this.  Same issue using Ubuntu 11.10 and FF 9.0.1 with latest updates
$echo $LANG
en_CA.UTF-8
$ echo $LANGUAGE
en_CA:en
This is from an 'out of the box' install of Ubuntu to a VirtualBox VM.
Since there are so few people noticing, this **really** looks like an issue related to locale en_CA
I guess I need to spin up a new Ubuntu VM with alternate settings to confirm

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Title:
  javascript toLocaleDateString output format YY-MM-YYYY

Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: firefox

  Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - Lucid Lynx
  package: firefox : Firefox 3.6.16
  Locale: Lang en_CA
  echo $LANG en_CA.utf8
  echo $LANGUAGE en_CA:en_GB:en_IE: ...
  no overrides in /etc/environment
  A sample javascript generated calendar was displaying all of the day numbers as '11'.  Some testing with a range of dates shows that the toLocaleDateString() method is showing all dates in YY-MM-YYYY format. Other date formating methods: toDateStriing, toLocaleString, toUTCString give correct results.
  *probably* this is a problem with the default locale settings, but I do not know how to find out what 'package' that is, or how to use an alternate path (outside firefox) to verify that.  All of the other ubuntu date text that I can 'see' are correct, but [from formatting] appear to be using one of the other locale specific methods and formats

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