Comment 51 for bug 51255

I don't know why Spain and Mexico keep getting tied to the same locale issue. Spain uses other conventions than Mexico and other Latin American countries. They were right in filling the bug where states that they use 24 hour clock convention, and as far as I know, Chile and Ecuador use it too. As for the other Spanish speaking countries I am pretty sure they use 12 hour clock convention.

I am from Mexico and can say 24 hour clock is pretty annoying, it is only used in military, political or very formal backgrounds. But for regular use the 12 hour clock is what everyone uses and should have, at least as an option!!!

I couldn't agree more with Alejandro (Comment #42) about everything and how ridiculous it is for someone in the community that takes the time, wants to help and lives and has the knowledge of his own country conventions having to convince and prove Ubuntu programmers and maintainers that what he is saying is true!

Anyway, for the happiness and peace of mind of the maintainers, here it goes:

1. Cinepolis (One of the largest movie theater chains in Mexico):
http://www.cinepolis.com.mx/indexmx.asp

2. Mexican Government Citizens Portal:
http://www.gob.mx/wb/egobierno/temas

3. El Universal (One of the most important Mexican newspapers):
http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/noticias.html

4. Screen shot of certain operaiting system getting it right (By the way, they have the best localization and translations I have seen)

Furthermore, what applies to all Spanish speaking countries, as stated by the Real Academia Española (Official Royal Institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Academia_Espa%C3%B1ola) is the correct abbreviation in lowercase a.m. and p.m. as opposed to English language.

Again, here is the hard proof:

http://buscon.rae.es/dpdI/apendices/apendice2.html
http://esl.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_spanish/general_conversation_greetings_letters/2167232-am_pm_am_pm.html

Mauricio