Re: fortnight interval support

On Sun, Nov 01, 2015 at 01:06:39PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 07:30:13PM +0000, Nathan Wagner wrote:
> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 08:17:25AM +1300, Gavin Flower wrote:
> >> What, it's a "fortnight", not a "quinzaine".
> >>
> >> You have no idea how hard it was to resist updating the patch...
>
> > Well, if you won't do it, I will.
>
> Please tell me this is a joke.

Yes, it's a joke.

> (FWIW, I don't have a problem with "fortnight", but I draw the line
> at units that are not used in English.)

It's used in English, but not in this context.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinzaine

As to localization, I think we need to consider carefully whether
PostgreSQL is to be a US-only RDBMS with a few concessions to usage
elsewhere, or one usable by all the world's peoples, and no, we should
probably not continue this thread to work out the decisions implicit
in whatever direction we settle on.

Cheers,
David.
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