Date format in GNOME 40 panel clock

[Bret Busby]

On 18/05/2021, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 10:15 PM Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> So, what happens when the OS apparently ignores the settings?
>>
>> Tue May 18 04:10:23 bret at bret-Aspire-V3-772:~$locale
>> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
>> LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
>> LC_CTYPE="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_NUMERIC="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_TIME="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_COLLATE="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_MONETARY="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_MESSAGES="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_PAPER="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_NAME="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_ADDRESS="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_TELEPHONE="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_MEASUREMENT="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_AU.UTF-8"
>> LC_ALL=
>> Tue May 18 04:10:31 bret at bret-Aspire-V3-772:~$
>>
>> LC_TIME shows as being
>> LC_TIME="en_AU.UTF-8"
>>
>> The date format as shown in the prompt, is USA.
>>
>> How do I get non-USA date format?
>
> I have "Emglish (UK)" as "Language" and "Format" under "Region and
> Language".
>
> I have the following
>
> th at localhost ~ $ cat /etc/environment
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> LC_COLLATE=C
> LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
> PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
> th at localhost ~ $
> th at localhost ~ $ locale
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> LANGUAGE=
> LC_CTYPE="en_GB.UTF-8"
> LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8
> LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
> LC_COLLATE=C
> LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8
> LC_MESSAGES="en_GB.UTF-8"
> LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8
> LC_NAME="en_GB.UTF-8"
> LC_ADDRESS="en_GB.UTF-8"
> LC_TELEPHONE="en_GB.UTF-8"
> LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8
> LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_GB.UTF-8"
> LC_ALL=
> th at localhost ~ $
>
> And I have a US date format in the Gnome 40 top bar.
>

Whilst, in my case, the setting of the vraiable value, makes no
difference, I wonder whether your having the LC_TIME variable set to
US, is intentional, and, whether, in your case, that has any influence
over the format of your date display.

-- 
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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