indicator-datetime intentionally doesn't format that string. Instead, it sends a time_t to unity so that unity can update the string periodically without indicator-datetime generating more bus traffic.
The time_t is pulled in by alarmMenu and appointmentMenu in qml/Panel/Indicators/MenuItemFactory.qml, which then formats the string using i18n.relativeDateTime() which is implemented in ubunut-ui-toolkit at src/Ubuntu/Components/plugin/i18n.cpp's UbuntuI18n::relativeDateTime(), though it appears to be marked for translation there: > case DATE_PROXIMITY_NOW: > /* TRANSLATORS: Time based "this is happening/happened now" */ > return dtr("ubuntu-ui-toolkit", "Now"); ** Also affects: unity8 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: indicator-datetime (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-datetime in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1570948 Title: [Alarm] "Now" not localized in indicator datetime Status in Canonical System Image: New Status in indicator-datetime package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in ubuntu-ui-toolkit package in Ubuntu: New Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Test case. - Switch the phone to Spanish. - Open clock app. - Create an alarm for the next minute. - Open indicator time. Expected result. - "Alarm: Now" must be translated to Spanish. Actual result. - "Now" is not localized. I can't find the string in Launchpad. current build number: 306 device name: arale channel: ubuntu-touch/rc-proposed/meizu.en To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1570948/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp