Gregorian Date & Time Formats of en-HK

[Franklin Tse]

Hi all,

I am writing to propose some changes to the "Approved" Gregorian date and time formats in the English (Hong Kong SAR) [en-HK] locale:

1. Short Date Format

Currently, the approved short date format is "d/M/yy", which has 2-digit year format. However, 2-digit year format is not common in Hong Kong after Year 2000. We use 4-digit year instead. Therefore, I suggest that be changed to "d/M/y".

2. Comma between Year and English Month

Currently, the approved values of medium, long and full date formats have a comma between Year (Y) and the English month (MMM/MMMM). This is not common in Hong Kong. We simply use "d MMM y" or "d MMMM y". I suggest those values be changed too.

3. Flexible Date Formats and Intervals Date Formats

I suggest that the values in the flexible date formats and intervals date formats be modified to match with the changes in #1 and #2.

I have already added the values to the Survey Tool at http://st.unicode.org/cldr-apps/v#/en_HK/Gregorian/22b38b49476d5bfd and hope that people in Hong Kong or familiar with the locale can help to vote for the changes.

Thanks!

Regards,
Franklin Tse