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[Solved] Change date format without changing language on Linux? (lemmings.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rikudou@lemmings.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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Is it possible? I'd like my dates, time etc. to be displayed in the way I'm used to while keeping the browser in English. I've tried setting the LC_DATE environment variable as well, but it doesn't respect that.

Edit: Solved!

  1. go to about:config
  2. set intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales to true
  3. restart firefox.
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[–] anamethatisnt@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And here's an explanation of the value as well as an explanation of why it is set to false by default:
https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/intl/locale.html#regional-preferences

Tl;dr:
Example: It might lead to a UI case like “Today is 24 października” in an English Firefox with Polish date formats.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

I'm quite fine with that, but mostly I want dates on the web be in the format I'm used to. I'll read the article, thanks!