It's the same way changing the language… you're expected to reboot
because there's no simple way of ensuring everything will update at
runtime.
I assume all we need is a new setting. Support for this is up to the
apps.
** Changed in: ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
** Changed in: libc (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1392699
Title:
Can't change locale settings (e.g. language, 12/24-hour time, date
format) independently
Status in “libc” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Status in “ubuntu-system-settings” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-ui-toolkit” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
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.
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