Bug#402856: wishlist: icedove/thunderbird has backwards MMDDYY date format

2006-12-13 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 11:34:59PM +0100, Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail wrote: > On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 08:46:39AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 07:45:23PM +0100, Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail > > wrote: > > > sorry for the confusion ... I thought I could reproduce i

Bug#402856: wishlist: icedove/thunderbird has backwards MMDDYY date format

2006-12-13 Thread Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 08:46:39AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 07:45:23PM +0100, Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail > wrote: > > sorry for the confusion ... I thought I could reproduce it. Can you > > please take a look that LANG or LC_TIME work for you too? > > it seems to

Bug#402856: wishlist: icedove/thunderbird has backwards MMDDYY date format

2006-12-13 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 07:45:23PM +0100, Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail wrote: > sorry for the confusion ... I thought I could reproduce it. Can you > please take a look that LANG or LC_TIME work for you too? it seems to use LANG rather than LC_TIME. e.g if i have LANG=en_au and LC_TIME=en_dk.u

Bug#402856: wishlist: icedove/thunderbird has backwards MMDDYY date format

2006-12-13 Thread Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail
tags 402856 - confirmed thanks sorry for the confusion ... I thought I could reproduce it. Can you please take a look that LANG or LC_TIME work for you too? On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 05:29:38PM +0100, Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail wrote: > tags 402856 + confirmed > thanks > > sorry for my previo

Bug#402856: wishlist: icedove/thunderbird has backwards MMDDYY date format

2006-12-13 Thread Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail
tags 402856 + confirmed thanks sorry for my previous ignorance ... opening my eyes shows me the obivous ... this is indeed a bug. Shame on me. Thanks, - Alexander p.s. please take care that the bug is listed as To: or CC: when replying to this mail (e.g. /reply-all/). -- GPG message

Bug#402856: wishlist: icedove/thunderbird has backwards MMDDYY date format

2006-12-13 Thread Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail
On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 12:28:39AM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 12:31:14PM +0100, Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail > wrote: > > > > The date format is taken from LC_TIME ... unless this isn't the case > > anymore, I don't consider this a bug. > > it is a bug as: > > a) t

Bug#402856: wishlist: icedove/thunderbird has backwards MMDDYY date format

2006-12-13 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 12:31:14PM +0100, Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail wrote: > > The date format is taken from LC_TIME ... unless this isn't the case > anymore, I don't consider this a bug. it is a bug as: a) there's no way for the user to change it b) other gnome programs don't have this p

Bug#402856: wishlist: icedove/thunderbird has backwards MMDDYY date format

2006-12-13 Thread Alexander Sack - Debian Bugmail
On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 04:35:52PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > Package: icedove > Version: 1.5.0.8.dfsg1-1 > Severity: wishlist > > > icedove displays mesage dates in MMDDYY format, which is really jarring > for anyone used to the sane DDMMYY or even saner MMDD formats - it's > impossible t

Bug#402856: wishlist: icedove/thunderbird has backwards MMDDYY date format

2006-12-12 Thread Craig Sanders
Package: icedove Version: 1.5.0.8.dfsg1-1 Severity: wishlist icedove displays mesage dates in MMDDYY format, which is really jarring for anyone used to the sane DDMMYY or even saner MMDD formats - it's impossible to tell what date is actually being displayed without viewing enough other dates