On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:59:01 +0100 Mark Gary <mwg...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> HI All, > > I'm trying to resolve a trivial, but annoying problem with using > Evolution mail on my OpenBSD setup. The style of date used in the list > of mail in my inbox is in US format, i.e month first, day second, and > I want it is UK format, day first, then month. I know how to fix > this in FreeBSD by including LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 etc in a number of > text files. However on OpenBSD, this hasn't worked in exactly the > same way. As an aside, I was getting a similar problem with > Libreoffice defaulting to USA dictionaries, but that has been fixed > and is picking up its locale properly from one of the text files I > amended. > > text files where i have the correct variable is : > > .bashrc > .bash_profile > .xinitrc > .xsession > .profile > /etc/login.conf - yes I did run cap_mkdb. > > when I issue the locale command from the terminal, it shows all the > correct en_GB.UTF-8 variables. So everything looks OK, but i'm > obviously missing something. So if there is another text file to > amend I would apprecate any suggestion. > Don't use evolution, but what about following the advise in the manual: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/evolution/help/mail-change-time-format.html
