Public bug reported:

Settings --> Region & Language --> Formats

Allows me to select the country, not set the actual format.us 
I live in the US, so this means that I am stuck with 

date: mm/dd/yyyy
time: HH:MM:SS AM/PM
date&time:  the imbecilic format which somehow starts with week and ends with 
am/pm
numbers: 123,456,789.00
measurements: imperial
paper: us letter

basically, since all paper is always "letter", no other country selection will 
work for me.
however, I don't see why I have to be stuck with the crazy US customary units 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units which are 
___NOT___ "imperial" in any way!) and date/time formats that make no sense 
(although, apparently, used by many here).

This is 2018.
I could set date and time formats to ISO 8601 for the last 10 years at least.
What happened that you decided to take that away all of a sudden?!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.28.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-21.22-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-21-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed May  2 18:41:18 2018
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (0 days ago)

** Affects: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic

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Title:
  regional settings are far too restrictive

Status in gnome-control-center package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Settings --> Region & Language --> Formats

  Allows me to select the country, not set the actual format.us 
  I live in the US, so this means that I am stuck with 

  date: mm/dd/yyyy
  time: HH:MM:SS AM/PM
  date&time:  the imbecilic format which somehow starts with week and ends with 
am/pm
  numbers: 123,456,789.00
  measurements: imperial
  paper: us letter

  basically, since all paper is always "letter", no other country selection 
will work for me.
  however, I don't see why I have to be stuck with the crazy US customary units 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units which are 
___NOT___ "imperial" in any way!) and date/time formats that make no sense 
(although, apparently, used by many here).

  This is 2018.
  I could set date and time formats to ISO 8601 for the last 10 years at least.
  What happened that you decided to take that away all of a sudden?!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.28.1-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-21.22-generic 4.15.17
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed May  2 18:41:18 2018
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-05-02 (0 days ago)

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