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| -rw-r--r-- | src/ls.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -707,8 +707,25 @@ static int format_needs_type; /* strftime formats for non-recent and recent files, respectively, in -l output. */ -static char const *long_time_format[2] = { N_("%b %e %Y"), - N_("%b %e %H:%M") }; +static char const *long_time_format[2] = + { + /* strftime format for non-recent files (older than 6 months), in + -l output when --time-style=locale is specified. This should + contain the year, month and day (at least), in an order that is + understood by people in your locale's territory. + Please try to keep the number of used screen columns small, + because many people work in windows with only 80 columns. But + make this as wide as the other string below, for recent files. */ + N_("%b %e %Y"), + /* strftime format for recent files (younger than 6 months), in + -l output when --time-style=locale is specified. This should + contain the month, day and time (at least), in an order that is + understood by people in your locale's territory. + Please try to keep the number of used screen columns small, + because many people work in windows with only 80 columns. But + make this as wide as the other string above, for non-recent files. */ + N_("%b %e %H:%M") + }; /* The exit status to use if we don't get any fatal errors. */ |