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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-102042

Look into using libicu on Android (>= 12) for date/time support

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    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • P3: Somewhat important
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    • Core: Date/Time
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    • Android

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      According to android developer documentation [0] they have a subset of ICU API available since Android 12. We should investigate what we can use from the ICU backend in preference to the JNI-based backend we are using today. 

      [0] https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/internationalization#icu4c

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-101460 QTimeZone::displayName ignores locale on Android

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. QTBUG-102109 In Android using Qt::LocalTime with specific timezones does not handle daylight-saving time properly

          • P2: Important - Urgent, should be fixed, but will not stop the release.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. QTBUG-68812 Add a QTimeZone back-end based on C++20 std::chrono::tzdb

          • P3: Somewhat important - Should be fixed, but doesn't affect the release in any way.
          • Open

          Task - A task that needs to be done. QTBUG-101565 Write a blog post about 6.2's fixing of zone info after 2037 and before 1970

          • P3: Somewhat important - Should be fixed, but doesn't affect the release in any way.
          • Closed

          Suggestion - Public suggestions QTBUG-124500 Support enabling ICU in Qt for Android (for QStringConverter)

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              manordheim Mårten Nordheim
              Vladimir Minenko Vladimir Minenko
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