On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:33:51 +0200 Came this utterance formulated by Dotan Cohen to my mailbox:
> > > It may be possible to set the locale date format strings (long or > > short) for some computers to a preferred non-standard option. You > > could create a custom localization and tinker with it (especially in > > linux - see/usr/share/locale/). But this would be a last resort. In > > addition my linux box has three locales possible for New Zealand. I > > am not going to explore the difference, though i do believe it has > > more to do with the character codeset in use than aything > > else(UTF-8, ISO-9950-1 and default). > > > > How exactly can one see what the differences are? I actually would not > mind making a custom locale for my own use, but this issue affects > other users as well. > Looking at the files in /usr/share/locale/ you can see the format string. Wouldn't be surprised if it was identical to that described by: $ date --help In your home dir copy and paste one to play with. Rename and edit with (insert favourite text editor) or hexedit if need be. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
