Re: [Evolution] Date format

[Pete Biggs <pete biggs org uk>]

On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 15:53 +0000, Richard wrote:
> Hi
> on the main message list on the GUI is there anyway of changing the date
> format from mmddyy to ddmmyy
> On the preview pane the date is as 
> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:48:08 +0100 (01/05/2011 10:48:08 AM)
> but all the messages are listed like 12/06/2010 for example.
> which is in mmddyy format, but for us Brits it reads ad the twelfth day
> of June

The date format generally follows the system locale - in a terminal type
'locale' and the LANG entry should be something like en_GB - if it's
en_US, that's why it's displaying the date in the bizarre US format.

You can change your localisation to UK/GB if you want - under Gnome go
to system -> administration -> language and select English(British) -
the change will take effect next time you login.

Alternatively in Evo you can go to Edit -> Preferences -> Mail
Preferences and select the Header tab.  At the bottom there's some drop
downs to select different formats - unfortunately it doesn't have the
standard British way though :-(

P.