Arabic locale (ar) uses unnecessary Right-to-Left Mark (U+200F) in format L, causing incorrect date rendering
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Description
**Description:**
In the Arabic locale (ar), the L date format includes Right-to-Left Mark characters (RLM, U+200F). These characters are intended to control text direction, but in Arabic typography, numbers and dates are written left-to-right and should not have their direction altered.
Including RLM in the format produces several problems:
- The RLM characters are unnecessary for correct Arabic formatting.
- When rendered in HTML, these hidden characters often cause the order of day, month, and year to appear incorrectly.
- This results in dates being visually reordered or misaligned depending on the surrounding text direction.
**Expected behavior:**
The Arabic locale format L should not contain RLM characters. Dates should display naturally without forcing direction changes.
**Example:**
Current L format (simplified):
`"D[U+200F]/M[U+200F]/YYYY"`
Suggested correction:
`"D/M/YYYY"`
**Environment:**
- Day.js Version: v1.11.13
Contributor guide
Research direction
Locate the Arabic (ar) locale definition and inspect its L date format for U+200F characters. Check the existing locale or date-format tests, if present, and verify that the resulting format is D/M/YYYY without direction marks and renders dates in the expected order.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- localization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
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- 55/100