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 :-( > > P.
Hi thanks for all the replies I've changed in preferences from use local to the wanted format, restarted evo , but still that top RH date box stays in US format I've checked the locale setting and it is en_us from the gnome menu in admin, guess whats missing ..the language bit :( I've search through what yumex, software installer, for locale, language and en_GB and nothing obvious for the name of the language applet. But Gnome does have the habit of calling applets by some bizarre names. The other way I could change it is to edit /etc/sysconfig/i18n the contents of which are LANG="en_US.UTF-8" I'm not sure of the en_GB setting, is it en_GB.UTF-8 or does it use an iso setting. Thanks -- Best wishes / 73 Richard Bown nil carborundum a illegitemis ######################################################################## Ham Call:G8JVM .OS Fedora FC14 x86_64 Dual core AMD Athlon 4400, 4GB RAM Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38:LAT. 52 39.720':N LONG. 2 28.171 W (degs,mins ) QRV HF + VHF Microwave 23 cms:140W,13 cms:100W,6 cms:10W & 3 cms:5W ######################################################################## _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
