Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/lang-message-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/lang-message-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.37 -r1.38
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/lang-message-procs.tcl	4 Nov 2003 10:32:42 -0000	1.37
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-lang/tcl/lang-message-procs.tcl	6 Nov 2003 09:02:39 -0000	1.38
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@
     }
 
     # Check that non-en_US messages don't have invalid embedded variables
-    if { ![string equal $locale "en_US"] } {
+    # Exclude the special case of datetime configuration messages in acs-lang. An alternative
+    # to treating those messages as a special case here would be to have those messages use
+    # quoted percentage signs (double percentage signs).
+    if { ![string equal $locale "en_US"] && ![regexp {^acs-lang\.localization-} $key] } {
         set embedded_vars [get_embedded_vars $message]
         set embedded_vars_en_us [get_embedded_vars [lang::message::lookup en_US $key {} {} 0]]
         set missing_vars [util_get_subset_missing $embedded_vars $embedded_vars_en_us]