[Bug localedata/24162] New: ja_JP LC_TIME: era offset for Taisho GanNen and BC direction

[Bug localedata/24162] New: ja_JP LC_TIME: era offset for Taisho GanNen and BC direction

[junji.morimitsu at hpe dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24162

            Bug ID: 24162
           Summary: ja_JP LC_TIME: era offset for Taisho GanNen and BC
                    direction
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.29
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: localedata
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: junji.morimitsu at hpe dot com
                CC: libc-locales at sourceware dot org
  Target Milestone: ---

Dear glibc maintainers,
Thank you for your work.
I would like to request update of 3 lines of ja_JP as follows.

        file: glibc-2.29/localedata/locales/ja_JP


1:  email bug-glibc-locales@gnu.org is not available.  Email was forwarded to
libc-locales@sources.redhat.com and I got a deliverly error.  Please remove the
obsolete email address.
(Also it is listed on https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Bugzilla%20Procedures)


2:  The offset of Taisho Gan Nen (1912) is '2', but it should be '1'.  Gan Nen
means the 1st year, Taisho started on 1912-07-30.  
////
morimi@vms$ uname -ov
#166-Ubuntu SMP Wed Nov 14 20:09:47 UTC 2018 GNU/Linux
morimi@vms$ date -d"1912-07-29" +%EY
明治45年
morimi@vms$ date -d"1912-07-29" +%Ey
45
morimi@vms$ date -d"1912-07-30" +%EY
大正元年
morimi@vms$ date -d"1912-07-30" +%Ey
2                                       <<<<wrong
morimi@vms$ date -d"1913-07-30" +%EY
大正2年
morimi@vms$ date -d"1913-07-30" +%Ey
2
////
(I found this bug was listed as bug#11310)


3:  The direction of BC is '+', but it should be '-'.  The start_date
(-1/12/31) is the last day of BC.  The direction is backward.  However I cannot
show how to use this flag.  Only decoration?


----Patch data----
begin--------

--- glibc-2.29/localedata/locales/ja_JP 2019-01-29 13:23:57.691603804 +0900
+++ glibc-2.29/localedata/locales/ja_JP-fix     2019-02-04 14:16:18.444557801
+0900
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 source     "HANATAKA, Shinya, hanataka@abyss.rim.or.jp"
 address    ""
 contact    ""
-email      "bug-glibc-locales@gnu.org"
+email      ""
 tel        ""
 fax        ""
 language   "Japanese"
@@ -14951,10 +14951,10 @@
        "+:2:1927//01//01:1989//01//07:<U662D><U548C>:%EC%Ey<U5E74>";/
        "+:1:1926//12//25:1926//12//31:<U662D><U548C>:%EC<U5143><U5E74>";/
        "+:2:1913//01//01:1926//12//24:<U5927><U6B63>:%EC%Ey<U5E74>";/
-       "+:2:1912//07//30:1912//12//31:<U5927><U6B63>:%EC<U5143><U5E74>";/
+       "+:1:1912//07//30:1912//12//31:<U5927><U6B63>:%EC<U5143><U5E74>";/
        "+:6:1873//01//01:1912//07//29:<U660E><U6CBB>:%EC%Ey<U5E74>";/
        "+:1:0001//01//01:1872//12//31:<U897F><U66A6>:%EC%Ey<U5E74>";/
-       "+:1:-0001//12//31:-*:<U7D00><U5143><U524D>:%EC%Ey<U5E74>"
+       "-:1:-0001//12//31:-*:<U7D00><U5143><U524D>:%EC%Ey<U5E74>"

 era_d_fmt      "%EY%m<U6708>%d<U65E5>"


end--------


Thank you and best regards,
Junji

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--- Comment #1 from Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to junji morimitsu from comment #0)
> 1:  email bug-glibc-locales@gnu.org is not available.  Email was forwarded
> to libc-locales@sources.redhat.com and I got a deliverly error.  Please
> remove the obsolete email address.
> (Also it is listed on
> https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Bugzilla%20Procedures)

This was a mistake, it should be libc-locales@sourceware.org, fixed, thank you
for the report.

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--- Comment #2 from Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to Carlos O'Donell from comment #1)
> (In reply to junji morimitsu from comment #0)
> > 1:  email bug-glibc-locales@gnu.org is not available.  Email was forwarded
> > to libc-locales@sources.redhat.com and I got a deliverly error.  Please
> > remove the obsolete email address.
> > (Also it is listed on
> > https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Bugzilla%20Procedures)
> 
> This was a mistake, it should be libc-locales@sourceware.org, fixed, thank
> you for the report.

The bug-glibc-locales@gnu.org address is in the process of being fixed, but I
think I've fixed all the broken references in manuals and wiki pages to the
sources.redhat.com domain.

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--- Comment #3 from junji morimitsu <junji.morimitsu at hpe dot com> ---
Hi ,

(In reply to Carlos O'Donell from comment #2)
> The bug-glibc-locales@gnu.org address is in the process of being fixed, but

Thank you.  So the address will be available again, I cancel the item 1:.


About 2: and 3:, I think they are simple typos.  Is there anyone who can
confirm the fixes?

Thank you very much.  
I'm testing Japanese era data because the new era name will be announce on
April 1.  (logged as Bug#22964)

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--- Comment #4 from Carlos O'Donell <carlos at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to junji morimitsu from comment #3)
> Hi ,
> 
> (In reply to Carlos O'Donell from comment #2)
> > The bug-glibc-locales@gnu.org address is in the process of being fixed, but
> 
> Thank you.  So the address will be available again, I cancel the item 1:.
> 
> 
> About 2: and 3:, I think they are simple typos.  Is there anyone who can
> confirm the fixes?
> 
> Thank you very much.  
> I'm testing Japanese era data because the new era name will be announce on
> April 1.  (logged as Bug#22964)

TAMUKI-san,

Given that you are looking at the Japanese era name change in detail, do you
have any comments on the correctness of the existing data?

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--- Comment #5 from TAMUKI Shoichi <tamuki at linet dot gr.jp> ---
Hello Morimitsu-san,

(In reply to junji morimitsu from comment #0)
> 2:  The offset of Taisho Gan Nen (1912) is '2', but it should be '1'.
>     Gan Nen means the 1st year, Taisho started on 1912-07-30.

Yes, you are right.  Probably, this typo was introduced when creating
ja_JP localedata, but it has been overlooked so far.  I think it sould
be corrected.

> 3:  The direction of BC is '+', but it should be '-'.  The start_date
>     (-1/12/31) is the last day of BC.  The direction is backward.
>     However I cannot show how to use this flag.  Only decoration?

There is no need to change this:

$ date -d "2016 years ago" +"%EY"
西暦03年
$ date -d "2017 years ago" +"%EY"
西暦02年
$ date -d "2018 years ago" +"%EY"
西暦01年
$ date -d "2019 years ago" +"%EY"
紀元前01年
$ date -d "2020 years ago" +"%EY"
紀元前02年
$ date -d "2021 years ago" +"%EY"
紀元前03年

If you change '+' to '-', it will be as follows:

$ date -d "2016 years ago" +"%EY"
西暦03年
$ date -d "2017 years ago" +"%EY"
西暦02年
$ date -d "2018 years ago" +"%EY"
西暦01年
$ date -d "2019 years ago" +"%EY"
紀元前01年
$ date -d "2020 years ago" +"%EY"
紀元前00年
$ date -d "2021 years ago" +"%EY"
紀元前-1年

Regards,
TAMUKI Shoichi

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--- Comment #6 from junji morimitsu <junji.morimitsu at hpe dot com> ---
Hello TAMUKI-san,

Thank you very much for checking.

(In reply to TAMUKI Shoichi from comment #5)
> > 2:  The offset of Taisho Gan Nen (1912) is '2', but it should be '1'.
> >     Gan Nen means the 1st year, Taisho started on 1912-07-30.
> 
> Yes, you are right.  Probably, this typo was introduced when creating
> ja_JP localedata, but it has been overlooked so far.  I think it sould
> be corrected.

Thanks.  I hope the update can be checked in before April Fool.  :) 


> > 3:  The direction of BC is '+', but it should be '-'.  

> If you change '+' to '-', it will be as follows:
...
> $ date -d "2018 years ago" +"%EY"
> 西暦01年
> $ date -d "2019 years ago" +"%EY"
> 紀元前01年
> $ date -d "2020 years ago" +"%EY"
> 紀元前00年
> $ date -d "2021 years ago" +"%EY"
> 紀元前-1年

Very good example!  Thank you.  The offset counts are wrong at '-' direction.  
This shows there is a bug in localedef or strftime() using the 'direction'.  
'direction' is the 'era' direction, not 'offset' direction.  
'offset' count (%Ey) should be increasing from 'start_date' to the 'end_date'.  
Please check the LC_TIME definition about this.

So I understand that using '+' for BC era is a workaround for a bug.

>There is no need to change this:

I agree with you as of now.  
1st, to fix the 'direction' bug, then to use '-' for BC era, I think.
And I'm not so interested in BC era this year.  
(Temporary) I want cancel item 3:.

Thank you,
Junji

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--- Comment #7 from TAMUKI Shoichi <tamuki at linet dot gr.jp> ---
I sent the patch to libc-alpha:
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2019-02/msg00202.html

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Date:   Sat Mar 2 21:00:28 2019 +0900

    ja_JP: Change the offset for Taisho gan-nen from 2 to 1 [BZ #24162]

    The offset in era-string format for Taisho gan-nen (1912) is currently
    defined as 2, but it should be 1.  So fix it.  "Gan-nen" means the 1st
    (origin) year, Taisho started on July 30, 1912.

    Reported-by: Morimitsu, Junji <junji.morimitsu@hpe.com>
    Reviewed-by: Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak@lingonborough.com>

    ChangeLog:

        [BZ #24162]
        * localedata/locales/ja_JP (LC_TIME): Change the offset for Taisho
        gan-nen from 2 to 1.  Problem reported by Morimitsu, Junji.

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog                |    6 ++++++
 localedata/locales/ja_JP |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

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--- Comment #9 from TAMUKI Shoichi <tamuki at linet dot gr.jp> ---
Hello Morimitsu-san,

(In reply to junji morimitsu from comment #6)
> Very good example!  Thank you.  The offset counts are wrong at '-' direction.
> This shows there is a bug in localedef or strftime() using the 'direction'.
> 'direction' is the 'era' direction, not 'offset' direction.
> 'offset' count (%Ey) should be increasing from 'start_date' to the 'end_date'.
> Please check the LC_TIME definition about this.

Regarding BC direction, I still think there is no need to change this.

I checked the LC_TIME definition about this:

[LC_TIME Category for the Locale Definition Source File Format]
https://sites.ualberta.ca/dept/chemeng/AIX-43/share/man/info/C/a_doc_lib/files/aixfiles/LC_TIME.htm

According to the reference above, there is the following description:

| era   Defines how the years are counted and displayed for each era
|       (or emperor's reign) in a locale, corresponding to the %E
|       field descriptor modifier.  For each era, there must be one
|       string in the following format:
| 
|       direction:offset:start_date:end_date:name:format
| 
|       The variables for the era-string format are defined as follows:
| 
|       [...]
|       end_date        Specifies the ending date of the era in the
|                       same form used for the start_date variable or
|                       one of the two special values -* or +*.  A -*
|                       value indicates that the ending date of the
|                       era extends backward to the beginning of time.
|                       A +* value indicates that the ending date of
|                       the era extends forward to the end of time.
|                       Therefore, the ending date can be
|                       chronologically before or after the starting
|                       date of the era.  For example, the strings for
|                       the Christian eras AD and BC would be entered
|                       as follows:
| 
|                       +:0:0000/01/01:+*:AD:%o %N
|                       +:1:-0001/12/31:-*:BC:%o %N
|       [...]

The following series of references have similar descriptions:

[ロケール・ファイルの形式]
http://odl.sysworks.biz/disk$axpdocjun002/japanese/jovms721/xpg4/64940003.htm

[Locale - The Open Group Library]
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/7908799/xbd/locale.html

[Compaq C Run-Time Library Utilities Reference Manual]
http://h30266.www3.hpe.com/odl/axpos/opsys/vmsos84/6494/6494pro_003.html

Regards,
TAMUKI Shoichi

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Author: TAMUKI Shoichi <tamuki@linet.gr.jp>
Date:   Sat Mar 2 21:00:28 2019 +0900

    ja_JP: Change the offset for Taisho gan-nen from 2 to 1 [BZ #24162]

    The offset in era-string format for Taisho gan-nen (1912) is currently
    defined as 2, but it should be 1.  So fix it.  "Gan-nen" means the 1st
    (origin) year, Taisho started on July 30, 1912.

    Reported-by: Morimitsu, Junji <junji.morimitsu@hpe.com>
    Reviewed-by: Rafal Luzynski <digitalfreak@lingonborough.com>

    ChangeLog:

        [BZ #24162]
        * localedata/locales/ja_JP (LC_TIME): Change the offset for Taisho
        gan-nen from 2 to 1.  Problem reported by Morimitsu, Junji.

    (cherry picked from commit 31effacee2fc1b327bedc9a5fcb4b83f227c6539)

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 localedata/locales/ja_JP |    2 +-
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--- Comment #11 from Mike FABIAN <maiku.fabian at gmail dot com> ---
So everything here is fixed already and we can close this bug, is that correct?

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I think this is FIXED.

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