> > > > > > > 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.
> > > 
> > > To be clear: "hasn't worked in exactly same way" means what then?
> > > 
> meaning that under the other BSDs changing the locale settings in the
> specified files will make sure the dates shown on the Date column in
> the inbox are shown the correct way, i.e. for the traditional UK users,
> and not confusingly. So far I've failed to get the formating correct.

If "hasn't worked in exactly same way" means "doesn't do anything"
just say that, don't confuse people with "not exactly the same".

> Either it's baked into the binary,

How would it be affected by LANG then, on the other systems?

> so there would be bugger all I could do about it,
> or I've there is another text file somewhere that needs
> adding the locale setting.

What matters is whether the correct LC_* is set in the _environment_
you launch Evolution in. Do you click a button in GNOME?
Do you exec "evolution" from an xterm?

Have you figured out yet which of the LC_* does that
(on the other systems)?

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