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  1. Bug #2033377
  2. Comment #35

Comment 35 for bug 2033377

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj) wrote :

For the record: The different results depending on locale is a "translation" matter. While the default time separator is \u2236, it has been "translated" for e.g. en_GB in Ubuntu into \u003A:

https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/mantic/+source/gnome-desktop/+pots/gnome-desktop-3.0/en_GB/24

$ printf '\u2236\n'
∶
$ printf '\u003A\n'
:

So with the en_GB.UTF-8 locale it displays a regular colon character, which the Ubuntu font can render.

(Daniel: I can't explain how you hid the issue by using en_AU.UTF-8, though.)