This bug is about changing locale formats, similar to how its done on the desktop. We would like to also provide the visual display of example formats when the selection is made and before committing the change.
The duplicate bugs were all about 12/24 time format change which is controlled separately from the language and formats. I will un-dupe those bugs so it can be addressed separately. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1392699 Title: Can't change locale settings (e.g. language, 12/24-hour time, date format) independently Status in Canonical System Image: In Progress Status in Ubuntu UX: Triaged Status in ubuntu-system-settings package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: A. Try to use US English, but with all apps using 24-hour instead of 12-hour time. Or: B. Try to use UK English, but with all apps using YYYY-MM-DD date format. What happens: You can't. What should happen: You can. Since Ubuntu has existed, it has used the GNU locale system. This system assumes that every single person using a particular locale wants exactly the same settings for time display, date display, currency display, alphabetizing, and number formatting. <http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Effects-of- Locale.html> Windows, Mac OS, and (to a lesser extent) iOS have always been more flexible: setting a locale sets appropriate defaults for these settings, but you can also change them individually. Ubuntu should do the same. This might involve changing the locale system itself, or it might involve changing all relevant toolkits so that they ignore the locale system when appropriate. It would also involve adding settings in System Settings to customize the individual locale details. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1392699/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
