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Re:Setting the TZ environment variable avoids thousands of s... by rjh29 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:26AM (#34351116)
Sort orders are different per locale. For example German and Swedish both have ä and ö but sort them differently relative to the other letters.
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Re:Setting the TZ environment variable avoids thousands of s... by kzrdude on Thursday January 12, 2023 @06:34AM (#34352065)
The posix locale and us-english both have `B` and `a` but sort them differently. (Posix B < a, US-english a < B) :)
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