OK, thanks..., the locales fixed it... Kjell-Einar
tor, 01.04.2004 kl. 15.54 skrev guenther: > > How can I get evolution to display dates and times in a localized > > format? > > Generally you can set languages using locales. Evolution will respect it > (see below). > > > > I don't appreciate the AM/PM suffixes and want to get rid of it. They > > are meaningless in my language (although I know what they mean). > > > > I want to display dates and time in my own format in the Mail-window. > > The following description is compiled from previous posts. > > > Evolution respects locales and should adjust its GUI accordingly. > > LANGUAGE This sets the overall language in Evolution and effects the > whole UI (like buttons, menus, etc.) as well as the "yesterday" in the > mail list. It even can effect sorting (upper/lowercase). > > LC_TIME This effects the time display (for example "9:00 PM" vs. > "21:00" and "12/30/2993" vs. "30.12.2003") as well as the abbreviations > for Days and Months. They are specified in special locale settings on > your system. > > > You can test this and Evolutions behavior by running Evolution from a > terminal and forcing the locales: > > $ LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8 /usr/bin/evolution > > Adjust the locales to your needs. > > > If this will solve your issues, adjust the locales for the Desktop, or > simply start Evolution by a wrapper script. > > For convenience, create a script (don't forget the executable flag) and > place it in your path before the evolution binary is found or call it > directly. > > --- snip --- > #!/bin/sh > export LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8 > /usr/bin/evolution & > --- snip --- > > > As you did not mention the language I have to assume English. British > English does use 24 hour format. HTH > > ...guenther > _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
