translate ZmContact.F_ ?

[StefanD]

This weekend I translated ZmMsg.properties to Dutch ( belgium)

The question is, can I translate the AB_FIELD_***** values?
# these need to be kept in sync with ZmContact.F_*
AB_FIELD_firstName = First

Second question:in the file AjxMsg.properties, is it allowed to change these Cal values?
and what does EEE and EEEE mean?
# formats for calendar use
formatCalDate = EEE, MMM d
formatCalDateLong = EEEE, MMMM d
formatCalDateFull = EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy
formatCalDay = M/d
formatCalMonth = MMMM yyyy
# additional formats for date formatting
formatDateMediumNoYear = MMM dd


Tomorrow I will fax the Zimbra contributor agreement, do I also have to send it then by regular mail?

Thanks,
Stefan

[KevinH]

I think you can skip these fields, not sure off hand if they are displayed in the UI. Easy way to check is look at contacts when you are done.

EEE -> Mon, Tue, etc
EEEE -> Monday, Tuesday, etc


Our legal team requires the mailed copy, but once we get the fax we can allow you to post your contributions.

[andyc]

Originally Posted by StefanD

This weekend I translated ZmMsg.properties to Dutch ( belgium)

The question is, can I translate the AB_FIELD_***** values?
# these need to be kept in sync with ZmContact.F_*
AB_FIELD_firstName = First

Yes, these should be translated. If you look in ZmContact.js, you'll see that they are used for labels in contact tooltips, etc.

Originally Posted by StefanD

Second question:in the file AjxMsg.properties, is it allowed to change these Cal values?
and what does EEE and EEEE mean?
# formats for calendar use
formatCalDate = EEE, MMM d
formatCalDateLong = EEEE, MMMM d
formatCalDateFull = EEEE, MMMM d, yyyy
formatCalDay = M/d
formatCalMonth = MMMM yyyy
# additional formats for date formatting
formatDateMediumNoYear = MMM dd

You should definitely change these values to make the formats appropriate for the locale.

The date/time/number/etc formats used in the product are identical to the ones Java provides when they format messages in various locales. For dates and times, Java provides four standard lengths for formatting: short, medium, long, and full. However, in the Zimbra product there are other formats that we need (e.g. the day and month WITHOUT the year). Hence, we needed to add our own custom patterns to the AjxMsg.properties file.

To figure out what the stuff like "MMM" and "yyyy" means, please refer to the JavaDoc for the java.text.SimpleDateFormat class.