The labels this application writes itself already read "6:30 pm", while
a translated notice kept whatever the French said, so the screen could
show "Closes at 6:30 pm" above "Delayed opening at 14:00". Two
conventions side by side on one panel.
The conversion is done in code, not by the prompt. The model is still
told to leave times alone — reading a clock and rewriting it is
deterministic work, and asking a language model to do it introduces a
failure mode for no benefit. Only HH:mm is touched, never a time that
already carries am or pm, so the pass is idempotent and years, dates
written 20/07 and percentages are left alone.
Hand-written translations are not rewritten: that wording was somebody's
explicit choice.
Verified against the live service: "Ouvert 10:00 – 13:00 puis 14:00 –
18:30" now comes back as "Open 10:00 am – 1:00 pm then 2:00 pm –
6:30 pm".
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Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_012cSY9pVhZmJUKNN7wf1Myd
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