[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768678] Re: regional settings are far too restrictive
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768678 Title: regional settings are far too restrictive Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: 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 date: mm/dd/ time: HH:MM:SS 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 US customary units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units - not "imperial") and "infix" date/time formats. 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= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1768678/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768678] Re: regional settings are far too restrictive
Want to mention another workaround. Keep US in the UI, open ~/.profile for editing, and add this line: export LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8 And no, it's not a regression. Ubuntu (or GNOME) has never had a more fine tuned GUI for setting regional formats. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768678 Title: regional settings are far too restrictive Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 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 date: mm/dd/ time: HH:MM:SS 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 US customary units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units - not "imperial") and "infix" date/time formats. 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= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1768678/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768678] Re: regional settings are far too restrictive
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance. ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768678 Title: regional settings are far too restrictive Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 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 date: mm/dd/ time: HH:MM:SS 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 US customary units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units - not "imperial") and "infix" date/time formats. 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= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1768678/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768678] Re: regional settings are far too restrictive
As a workaround, why don't you try Canada (English) ? It uses the US Letter paper size, metric measurement, and the date format is at least closer to what you were wanting. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768678 Title: regional settings are far too restrictive Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 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 date: mm/dd/ time: HH:MM:SS 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 US customary units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units - not "imperial") and "infix" date/time formats. 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= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1768678/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1768678] Re: regional settings are far too restrictive
** 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/ 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= - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + PATH=(custom, no user) + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR= + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (0 days ago) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768678 Title: regional settings are far too restrictive Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: 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 date: mm/dd/ time: HH:MM:SS 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 US customary units (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units - not "imperial") and "infix" date/time formats. 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= LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1768678/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
