Unit Intervals

[Philippe Verdy]

No. the "date intervals" currently described in CLDR are in fact about
*ranges* of dates or timestamps (e.g. from 1 January 2005 to 31 December
2014) and the shorthand numeric notations, possibly abbreviating some
common elements such as when the start and end dates fall on the same year
or the same month in the same year.

2014-12-11 20:52 GMT+01:00 Cameron Dutro <cameron at lumoslabs.com>:

> Hey Mark,
>
> Where would I find the locale-specific date intervals you mentioned? Are
> you referring to phrases like "In 2 weeks" and the like?
>
> -Cameron
>
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:58 AM, Mark Davis ☕️ <mark at macchiato.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Yury Tarasievich <
>> yury.tarasievich at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dealing with similar problem right now, I'd note that "interval" would
>>> primarily mean a pair "startvalue, endvalue" with some formatting to it.
>>> That formatting isn't even "widely" cultural tradition, but "narrow"
>>> typographic convention, with possibly quite extensive definition, subject
>>> to change. E.g., for numbers intervals in Russian language typography,
>>> there are "..." and "--" (U+2013) and "---" (U+2014); of course, the "-"
>>> (dash) is commonly used; formerly, the U+00F7 was prescribed; in maths
>>> related text you'd meet ":" and ", ... ,;"; in bastardised "computer
>>> spelling" -- ".." (two dots). And it is context related, too (U+2013 for
>>> dates, U+2014 or ellipsis for numbers).
>>>
>>
>> The first message was about recurring dates, like "every Tuesday" or
>> "Monday and Wednesdays, the 3rd week of each month". ​We have thought about
>> adding those (there are some bugs about them), but haven't yet.
>>
>> The second message is about intervals / ranges. We support
>> locale-specific date intervals, and ranges of other elements (typically
>> numbers), and elision (when intervening elements are removed, as in "A very
>> … long message").
>>
>> We don't support multiple choices for any particular interval/range. If
>> you have suggestions for improvements...
>>
>> Mark <https://google.com/+MarkDavis>
>>
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>>
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