421330 - Startup error in Macedonian Sunbird 0.8; timezone guessing is broken

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations :: mk / Macedonian, defect)

Description

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; mk; rv:1.8.1.13pre) Gecko/20080305 Sunbird/0.8

Starting Sunbird 0.8 or Lightning 0.8 shows error during the timezone guessing:

Грешка: Ја занемарувам локалната временска зона „Америка/Њу Јорк“. TypeError: tz has no properties
Изворна датотека: chrome://calendar/content/calUtils.js Линија: 660


The error happens because the string "likelyTimezone" has been translated::
http://mxr.mozilla.org/l10n-mozilla1.8/source/mk/calendar/chrome/calendar/calendar.properties#149

but must be in English:

http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla1.8/source/calendar/locales/en-US/chrome/calendar/calendar.properties#214
# LOCALIZATION NOTE (likelyTimezone):
#   Translators, please put the most likely timezone(s) where the people using
#   your locale will be.  Use the Olson ZoneInfo timezone name *in English*,

Comment 1

[Damjan Georgievski]

Changed to Europe/Paris (GMT+1)... although Europe/Skopje would be more correct, is that possible?

Comment 2

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

You can specify any timezone/timezones that would be the "better guess" for a detected UTC offset. You just need to use the English names. If Europe/Skopje is better than Europe/Paris you should choose it.

Please note that we already switched the tinderbox to release preparation mode. This means you will have to submit your changes to SUNBIRD_0_8_BRANCH as well to take effect.
http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.l10n/msg/1d11a4a12be3062d

Comment 3

[Stefan Sitter [:ssitter]]

Verified fixed using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; mk; rv:1.8.1.13pre) Gecko/2008030920 Sunbird/0.8. Startup error is gone.