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Re: Date format for Thunderbird 60.7 -- partial success in changing it



On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 11:18:55AM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote:
> As user of thunderbird you best set the environment variable LC_TIME in your
> profile, e.g. via ~/.bash_profile . Check it with the command
> 
> $ locale
> 
> You have to log out (from desktop and from computer) before changes in
> .bash_profile get applied.

For the record, .bash_profile is only read by login shells, so your
suggestion only works for situations where one logs in with a shell
(Linux virtual console logins or ssh), not where one logs in with a
graphical Display Manager.

See also:
 https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession
 https://wiki.debian.org/EnvironmentVariables
 https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles


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