GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 626895
allow configuration of the date/time format
Last modified: 2020-11-07 12:14:46 UTC
Hi. 1) The clock applet should allow to fully configure the date time format, with format strings e.g. as used by date(1) and strftime(3). 2) It should further provide several common formats to choose (e.g. English, German, ISO style). 3) It should allow to be configured to use the system local's date and time representation. This should also be the default. Cheers, Chris.
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Ok then it is technically possible, but a) it would be better if it can be easily configured (i.e. not via gconf, as end users usually tend to not know where the respective settings are) b) the default should still be the setting of the user's locale. Therefore reopening it for now, with the enhancement suggestions from above.
Guess this would automatically "solve" #626895 too. I also think, that gdm should use the system local's time/date format per default. This is usually well chosen by the sysadmin.
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