On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 16:06 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 15:53 +0000, Richard wrote: > > Hi > > on the main message list on the GUI is there anyway of changing the date > > format from mmddyy to ddmmyy > > On the preview pane the date is as > > Wed, 05 Jan 2011 11:48:08 +0100 (01/05/2011 10:48:08 AM) > > but all the messages are listed like 12/06/2010 for example. > > which is in mmddyy format, but for us Brits it reads ad the twelfth day > > of June > > The date format generally follows the system locale - in a terminal type > 'locale' and the LANG entry should be something like en_GB - if it's > en_US, that's why it's displaying the date in the bizarre US format. > > You can change your localisation to UK/GB if you want - under Gnome go > to system -> administration -> language and select English(British) - > the change will take effect next time you login. > > Alternatively in Evo you can go to Edit -> Preferences -> Mail > Preferences and select the Header tab. At the bottom there's some drop > downs to select different formats - unfortunately it doesn't have the > standard British way though :-(
You can edit the format by clicking in the box. Just select one that's similar to the non-bizarre way (:-) and change the dots to slashes. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
