<i18n dev> RFR: 8319986: Invalid/inconsistent description and example for DateFormat [v4]

Tue Nov 14 19:32:58 UTC 2023

On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 18:14:45 GMT, Roger Riggs <rriggs at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Thanks for the feedback, Joe. I think I would rather keep the description somewhat abstract, simply mentioning the formatted output is `SHORT` <= `MEDIUM` <= `LONG` <= `FULL` in length-wise. As it is noted in the previous sentence, it is pretty much locale-dependent.
>> I simply replaced that casual wording with "the longest" for consistency.
>
> Is there any value in mentioning that MEDIUM format typically uses abbreviations.
> Whereas the LONG and FULL format typically does not use abbreviations.  (For months)

Added a sentence explaining it.

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16645#discussion_r1393160341