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Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster



On 2019-09-10 22:06 +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote:

> Hi,
>
> after an upgrade from stretch to buster, the date default output changed on my
> system
>
> As an example:
>
> Tue Sep 10 19:50:26 CEST 2019   (stretch)
> Tue 10 Sep 2019 09:26:33 PM CEST      (buster)
>
> I am just wondering if this is a known issue or if another configuration change
> during the upgrade caused this.

The default format very much depends on your locale.  In the en_US.UTF-8
locale I also see the difference, but I think it's a bug fix.  The
buster output looks more like what an American user would expect.  If
you don't like it, set LC_TIME to something else, e.g. en_GB.UTF-8.

Cheers,
       Sven


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