Re: [Evolution] Date format

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 16:06 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:
> 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 :-(

You can edit the format by clicking in the box. Just select one that's
similar to the non-bizarre way (:-) and change the dots to slashes.

poc