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[Solved] Change date format without changing language on Linux? (self.firefox)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rikudou to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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Is it possible? I'd like my dates, time etc. to be displayed in the way I'm used to while keeping the browser in English. I've tried setting the LC_DATE environment variable as well, but it doesn't respect that.

Edit: Solved!

  1. go to about:config
  2. set intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales to true
  3. restart firefox.
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[-] bceuhwps@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

LC_TIME

[-] rikudou 2 points 1 year ago

Firefox doesn't seem to respect that, it's set correctly to cs_CZ.UTF-8.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

In Firefox about:preferences, there should be the option to use the language preferences specified by the OS.

[-] rikudou 2 points 1 year ago

Do you, by any chance, know which one?

[-] marv99@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

In my FF's about:config there is a setting called intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales, defaulted to false. Maybe this can be used?

[-] rikudou 4 points 1 year ago

Yep, that was it, thanks!

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