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Not everything can go in configuration.inc.php. For example, strings like '%a %b %e, %Y' (or whatever equivalent we will use when we ditch strftime) have to be language dependent. The English "Fri Nov 27th, 2007" becomes in Italian "ven 27 nov 2007": the name of the month has moved in third position and there's no comma. If you put those strings in configuration.inc.php you are forcing the same format for all users regardless of their language settings. For an Italian user, reading "ven nov 27, 2007" is even more confusing than not translating the date at all.
What exactly are you suggesting to put in configuration.inc.php?