On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 11:18:55AM +0200, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > As user of thunderbird you best set the environment variable LC_TIME in your > profile, e.g. via ~/.bash_profile . Check it with the command > > $ locale > > You have to log out (from desktop and from computer) before changes in > .bash_profile get applied.
For the record, .bash_profile is only read by login shells, so your suggestion only works for situations where one logs in with a shell (Linux virtual console logins or ssh), not where one logs in with a graphical Display Manager. See also: https://wiki.debian.org/Xsession https://wiki.debian.org/EnvironmentVariables https://wiki.debian.org/DotFiles
