Re: [Evolution] Date format

[Richard <richard bown blueyonder co uk>]

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 :-(
>
> P.


Hi thanks for all the replies

I've changed in preferences from use local to the wanted format,
restarted evo , but still that top RH date box stays in US format
I've checked the locale setting and it is en_us

from the gnome menu in admin, guess whats missing ..the language bit :(

I've search through what yumex, software installer, for locale, language
and en_GB
and nothing obvious for the name of the language applet. But Gnome does
have the habit of calling applets by some bizarre names.

The other way I could change it is to edit /etc/sysconfig/i18n
the contents of which are
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"

I'm not sure of the en_GB setting, is it en_GB.UTF-8 or does it use an
iso setting.

Thanks
-- 
Best wishes / 73
Richard Bown
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