** Description changed:

  Settings --> Region & Language --> Formats
  
- Allows me to select the country, not set the actual format.us 
- I live in the US, so this means that I am stuck with 
+ Allows me to select the country, not set the actual format.us
+ I live in the US, so this means that I am stuck with
  
  date: mm/dd/yyyy
  time: HH:MM:SS AM/PM
- date&time:  the imbecilic format which somehow starts with week and ends with 
am/pm
+ date&time:  the weird format which somehow starts with week and ends with 
am/pm
  numbers: 123,456,789.00
  measurements: imperial
  paper: us letter
  
  basically, since all paper is always "letter", no other country selection 
will work for me.
- however, I don't see why I have to be stuck with the crazy US customary units 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units which are 
___NOT___ "imperial" in any way!) and date/time formats that make no sense 
(although, apparently, used by many here).
+ however, I don't see why I have to be stuck with the US customary units 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units - not "imperial") 
and "infix" date/time formats.
  
- This is 2018.
- I could set date and time formats to ISO 8601 for the last 10 years at least.
- What happened that you decided to take that away all of a sudden?!
+ I could set date and time formats to ISO 8601 for the last 10 years at least, 
and still can do it on Mac.
+ This appears to be a regression.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.28.1-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-21.22-generic 4.15.17
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed May  2 18:41:18 2018
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
  ProcEnviron:
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (0 days ago)

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  regional settings are far too restrictive

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