On 2007-07-26 15:12, Wodans wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My Thunderbird (1.5.0.12) keeps on displaying times in the AM/PM format.
> I've installed the extension "configdate". Changing the time format with
> configdate doesn't change the displayed time it is still AM/PM...
>
> Anyone kows how to get Thunderbird to show 24 hour times instread of AM/PM?
>
> Thanks

This depend on your own environment, the contents of $LC_TIME that tell your
applications which time format you prefer.

If it's not set in your login or desktop, add it to the thunderbird wrapper,
or set it by hand.

I have: (this is from Solaris, as I use this at work)
# Swedish date/time format in e.g. mail header pane
if [ $os_minor = 10 ]; then
export LC_TIME=sv_SE
else
export LC_TIME=sv
fi



In SuSE I guess you can set the default LC_TIME in
/etc/sysconfig/language , and don't have to change it for every user,
unless they prefer something else.

/bb

birre wrote:
> On 2007-07-26 15:12, Wodans wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> My Thunderbird (1.5.0.12) keeps on displaying times in the AM/PM format.
>> I've installed the extension "configdate". Changing the time format with
>> configdate doesn't change the displayed time it is still AM/PM...
>>
>> Anyone kows how to get Thunderbird to show 24 hour times instread of
>> AM/PM?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> This depend on your own environment, the contents of $LC_TIME that tell
> your
> applications which time format you prefer.
>
> If it's not set in your login or desktop, add it to the thunderbird
> wrapper,
> or set it by hand.
>
> I have: (this is from Solaris, as I use this at work)
> # Swedish date/time format in e.g. mail header pane
> if [ $os_minor = 10 ]; then
> export LC_TIME=sv_SE
> else
> export LC_TIME=sv
> fi
>
>
>
> In SuSE I guess you can set the default LC_TIME in
> /etc/sysconfig/language , and don't have to change it for every user,
> unless they prefer something else.
>
> /bb

Thanks for the info.

My environment is openSUSE 10.2 (x86_64). Running KDE 3.5.7."release
60.1". KDE is set to use 24H.
I'll try to set up the time in sysconfig

Thanks

Wodans wrote:
> birre wrote:
>> On 2007-07-26 15:12, Wodans wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My Thunderbird (1.5.0.12) keeps on displaying times in the AM/PM format.
>>> I've installed the extension "configdate". Changing the time format with
>>> configdate doesn't change the displayed time it is still AM/PM...
>>>
>>> Anyone kows how to get Thunderbird to show 24 hour times instread of
>>> AM/PM?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>> This depend on your own environment, the contents of $LC_TIME that tell
>> your
>> applications which time format you prefer.
>>
>> If it's not set in your login or desktop, add it to the thunderbird
>> wrapper,
>> or set it by hand.
>>
>> I have: (this is from Solaris, as I use this at work)
>> # Swedish date/time format in e.g. mail header pane
>> if [ $os_minor = 10 ]; then
>> export LC_TIME=sv_SE
>> else
>> export LC_TIME=sv
>> fi
>>
>>
>>
>> In SuSE I guess you can set the default LC_TIME in
>> /etc/sysconfig/language , and don't have to change it for every user,
>> unless they prefer something else.
>>
>> /bb
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> My environment is openSUSE 10.2 (x86_64). Running KDE 3.5.7."release
> 60.1". KDE is set to use 24H.
> I'll try to set up the time in sysconfig
>
> Thanks

Birre!

Thanks, it worked like a charm.

Thanks!

On 2007-07-26 16:04, Wodans wrote:
> Wodans wrote:
>> birre wrote:
>>> On 2007-07-26 15:12, Wodans wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> My Thunderbird (1.5.0.12) keeps on displaying times in the AM/PM format.
>>>> I've installed the extension "configdate". Changing the time format with
>>>> configdate doesn't change the displayed time it is still AM/PM...
>>>>
>>>> Anyone kows how to get Thunderbird to show 24 hour times instread of
>>>> AM/PM?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>> This depend on your own environment, the contents of $LC_TIME that tell
>>> your
>>> applications which time format you prefer.
>>>
>>> If it's not set in your login or desktop, add it to the thunderbird
>>> wrapper,
>>> or set it by hand.
>>>
>>> I have: (this is from Solaris, as I use this at work)
>>> # Swedish date/time format in e.g. mail header pane
>>> if [ $os_minor = 10 ]; then
>>> export LC_TIME=sv_SE
>>> else
>>> export LC_TIME=sv
>>> fi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In SuSE I guess you can set the default LC_TIME in
>>> /etc/sysconfig/language , and don't have to change it for every user,
>>> unless they prefer something else.
>>>
>>> /bb
>> Thanks for the info.
>>
>> My environment is openSUSE 10.2 (x86_64). Running KDE 3.5.7."release
>> 60.1". KDE is set to use 24H.
>> I'll try to set up the time in sysconfig
>>
>> Thanks
>
> Birre!
>
> Thanks, it worked like a charm.
>
> Thanks!

I checked my Suse machine, and it seems that the settings in KDE never set
LC_TIME in the users login, so only KDE applications get the right time format.

Maybe it's only a problem for us that use en_US as default, but has something
else as user login.

If you had made your own language system default, I suspect that everything
should work, except it's impossible to send error messages to this group when
you need help.

/bb