JSON of locale need no-periods attribute

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
internationalization

Research direction

Start by reading the locale JSON files, including locale/pt-BR.json, and the code that reads locale definitions for time formatting. Determine where locale fields influence period selection and whether a preference flag can be supported without breaking existing locales. Done means the requested no-period preference works for locales that need it while existing locale behavior remains intact.

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Description

Some countries, like Brazil, using pt-BR locale, need a boolean flag to express "we only use 24hs, please never use periods"... Or at least "please avoid periods".

NOTES

Some softwares like VEGA-lite are accepting "periods": [] but without use 24hs, that is also wrong. Another way to create a new convention is to accept explicit null as this kind of convention... But it is not perfect, because the "periods" translation can be useful for interface where user must to use it. So, a flag as prefer-no-periods: true is the better convention.

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