On 2019-11-16 04:07, Samuel Sieb wrote:
On 11/15/19 7:27 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
How to configure 24 hour time, instead of AM/PM, in Thunderbird 62.2.0 nd/or 62.2.2.
Presently I have created /usr/bin/thunderbird24h:
/usr/bin/thunderbird24h: #!/bin/sh LC_TIME=C export LC_TIME /usr/bin/thunderbird
and rebooted but the AM/PM time is still being used. Have I nissed something or has something changed since Fedora-20?
I remember a thread about this a while back and I don't think there was any solution found. I even tried building my own locale file and that didn't seem to work.
FWIW, I now have this working fine in F31/KDE.
It works fine when launching T-Bird from the "Application Laucher" in the "Favorites" section as well as the "Applications--->Internet" section. As well as from a keyboard shortcut.
I used the "Edit Applications" function of the Launcher to edit the T-Bird entry in the "Applications--->Internet" section.
I modified that entry to have the command be "LC_TIME=C thunderbird %u".
I then started T-Bird and checked the box in Preferences--->Advanced which is shown as
Regional settings locale: und
I think similar things can be done depending on the desktop in use. I forget what Bob is using. :-) :-)