Distribution: Debian testing/unstable
Package: Evolution
Severity: Normal
Version: GNOME2.14.3 2.6.x
Gnome-Distributor: Debian
Synopsis: No way to get 24-hour times in e-mail summary screen  (i.e. locale-compliant date format)
Bugzilla-Product: Evolution
Bugzilla-Component: Summary [was My Evolution]
Bugzilla-Version: 2.6.x
Description:
Description of Problem:
I hate 12-hour clocks and the AM/PM suffix -- sooooo kludgy (like the
English system of measurements and units).   I also want the date/time
representation in the overview to allow leading zeroes (e.g. 2006-08-10
08:22:34), so that all dates/times will line up, but this is less
important..  Since there is no setting for date/time format in the
"Mail" portion of Evolution (though there is an option that only
pertains to the Calendar feature -- go figure!), I am trying to get this
by setting the locale (via LC_TIME, LANG, etc..) prior to starting
Evolution.  However, the date format in the e-mail summary screen does
not change.


Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Ensure that a locale that uses a 24-hour clock exists on your system
(e.g. "en_GB.utf8").  Use "localegen" (or "dpkg-reconfigure locales"
under Debian) as needed.
2. Start Evolution from the command line using the command
"LC_TIME=en_GB.utf8 evolution"  (in "csh"/"tcsh", use "setenv LC_TIME
en_GB.utf8", followed by "evolution").

Actual Results:
The e-mail summary screen shows dates like "25 Jul 5:05 PM".  Although
this is "compliant" w.r.t. date/month order, it is not compliant w.r.t
12/24 hour clock.


Expected Results:
That date should be "25 Jul 17:05"


How often does this happen?
Every time.


Additional Information:
Try changing other environment variables used by the C library to
identify the locale, such as "LANG", "LC_LANG".  Same result.




------- Bug created by bug-buddy at 2006-08-11 00:33 -------