i18n issue in GNOME Classic re. modifying date format of Clock Applet
Hi all,
Context: Wheezy x86_64 fresh install, plus all available updates,
plus systemd-sysv from wheezy-backports.
Is it possible to change the date format used by the GNOME Classic
Clock Applet? It seems nothing i do will get it change from the US
month-before-day format.
In GNOME System Settings -> Region and Language, the 'Formats' tab
correctly shows the "Region" set to 'Australia', and correctly
displays dates formatted in the standard date component order used
here in Australia:
Tuesday 17 March 2015
17 March 2015
17 Mar 2015
17/03/15
Using `dconf Editor`, i found that the value of the 'region' key
of org.gnome.system.locale was empty, but setting it to
"en_AU.utf8", logging out of the desktop, then logging back in
again, also made no difference to the date component ordering in
the applet.
i can confirm that right-clicking on the Clock Applet, selecting
"Preferences", then un-checking/re-checking items like 'Show the
date' /do/ actually affect the applet.
localectl(1) reports:
System Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8
LC_NUMERIC=en_AU.utf8 LC_TIME=en_AU.utf8
LC_MONETARY=en_AU.utf8 LC_MEASUREMENT=en_AU.utf8
Since this is basic internationalisation functionality, i assume
that i'm probably missing some setting. i have no problem
modifying a strftime(3)-format string somewhere if necessary.
Any suggestions, please?
Alexis.
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