Why is time formatting inconsistent between `date` and `thunderbird`?











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locale shows “en_NZ.utf8” everywhere, and date produces output like “Thu Nov 22 08:39:49 NZDT 2018”. So the clock is 24 hours, as expected. But while Thunderbird 60.3.1's “Date and Time Formatting” is set to “Regional settings locale: English (New Zealand)” it shows datetimes like “22/11/18 3:36 pm”. Is there a bug in the Thunderbird locale settings?










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    Which version of Thunderbird? You may be encountering Setting date locale no longer works in Thunderbird 60 on linux ("Status: Unconfirmed").
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locale shows “en_NZ.utf8” everywhere, and date produces output like “Thu Nov 22 08:39:49 NZDT 2018”. So the clock is 24 hours, as expected. But while Thunderbird 60.3.1's “Date and Time Formatting” is set to “Regional settings locale: English (New Zealand)” it shows datetimes like “22/11/18 3:36 pm”. Is there a bug in the Thunderbird locale settings?










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    Which version of Thunderbird? You may be encountering Setting date locale no longer works in Thunderbird 60 on linux ("Status: Unconfirmed").
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locale shows “en_NZ.utf8” everywhere, and date produces output like “Thu Nov 22 08:39:49 NZDT 2018”. So the clock is 24 hours, as expected. But while Thunderbird 60.3.1's “Date and Time Formatting” is set to “Regional settings locale: English (New Zealand)” it shows datetimes like “22/11/18 3:36 pm”. Is there a bug in the Thunderbird locale settings?










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locale shows “en_NZ.utf8” everywhere, and date produces output like “Thu Nov 22 08:39:49 NZDT 2018”. So the clock is 24 hours, as expected. But while Thunderbird 60.3.1's “Date and Time Formatting” is set to “Regional settings locale: English (New Zealand)” it shows datetimes like “22/11/18 3:36 pm”. Is there a bug in the Thunderbird locale settings?







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    Which version of Thunderbird? You may be encountering Setting date locale no longer works in Thunderbird 60 on linux ("Status: Unconfirmed").
    – JigglyNaga
    2 days ago














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    Which version of Thunderbird? You may be encountering Setting date locale no longer works in Thunderbird 60 on linux ("Status: Unconfirmed").
    – JigglyNaga
    2 days ago








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Which version of Thunderbird? You may be encountering Setting date locale no longer works in Thunderbird 60 on linux ("Status: Unconfirmed").
– JigglyNaga
2 days ago




Which version of Thunderbird? You may be encountering Setting date locale no longer works in Thunderbird 60 on linux ("Status: Unconfirmed").
– JigglyNaga
2 days ago










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1426907: Setting date locale no longer works in Thunderbird 60 on linux (LC_TIME=en_DK.utf8 behaves differently than it used to)






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  • The bug was reported a year ago, and after several Status changes, it's still "Unconfirmed" with the discussion ongoing, and the full thread links to several similar bugs. So I can't really summarize it better than the title already does :(
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  • The bug was reported a year ago, and after several Status changes, it's still "Unconfirmed" with the discussion ongoing, and the full thread links to several similar bugs. So I can't really summarize it better than the title already does :(
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Yes, this is Thunderbird bug:



1426907: Setting date locale no longer works in Thunderbird 60 on linux (LC_TIME=en_DK.utf8 behaves differently than it used to)






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  • The bug was reported a year ago, and after several Status changes, it's still "Unconfirmed" with the discussion ongoing, and the full thread links to several similar bugs. So I can't really summarize it better than the title already does :(
    – JigglyNaga
    yesterday













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Yes, this is Thunderbird bug:



1426907: Setting date locale no longer works in Thunderbird 60 on linux (LC_TIME=en_DK.utf8 behaves differently than it used to)






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  • The bug was reported a year ago, and after several Status changes, it's still "Unconfirmed" with the discussion ongoing, and the full thread links to several similar bugs. So I can't really summarize it better than the title already does :(
    – JigglyNaga
    yesterday


















  • The bug was reported a year ago, and after several Status changes, it's still "Unconfirmed" with the discussion ongoing, and the full thread links to several similar bugs. So I can't really summarize it better than the title already does :(
    – JigglyNaga
    yesterday
















The bug was reported a year ago, and after several Status changes, it's still "Unconfirmed" with the discussion ongoing, and the full thread links to several similar bugs. So I can't really summarize it better than the title already does :(
– JigglyNaga
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The bug was reported a year ago, and after several Status changes, it's still "Unconfirmed" with the discussion ongoing, and the full thread links to several similar bugs. So I can't really summarize it better than the title already does :(
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