[Bug 199441] nl_langinfo(ABMON_1) only returns number in Chinese locales

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            Bug ID: 199441
           Summary: nl_langinfo(ABMON_1) only returns number in Chinese
                    locales
           Product: Base System
           Version: 10.1-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: misc
          Assignee: freebsd-bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: lantw44 at gmail.com

Created attachment 155585
  --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=155585&action=edit
Fix short month names and replace %b with %_m in date_fmt for Chinese locales

When using a Chinese locale, such as zh_TW.UTF-8 or zh_CN.UTF-8,
nl_langinfo(ABMON_*) only returns numbers. nl_langinfo(ABMON_1) returns 1,
nl_langinfo(ABMON_2) returns 2, and so on.

This causes problems in applications that put the short month name and the day
of the month together. For example, 'Apr 14' in English becomes '414日' in
Chinese on the top bar of GNOME Shell.

This problem may be resolved by appending '月' to all short month names and
replacing %b with %_m in date_fmt. ja_JP.UTF-8 already does this, but I have
not done much testing to know whether it can cause other problems in Chinese
locales. The GNU C Library also returns values with '月' appended.

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