Some programs, like
In the handbook, there is a good section on https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/l10n/, which seems comprehensive on the outset.
I have been through that a few times, and can get Chinese and Russian working, but that is not what I want.
Amongst other things, I would like the date format to be YY-MM-DD and not MM/DD/YY, and there is nothing in localization that seems to do that - directly.
From what I can gather, YY-MM-DD is the default date format in
I have previously toyed with mate and kde (did not fancy either), but I seem to remember there was somewhere to format various stuff. There is nothing (that I can see) in xfce, or to do it directly with Localization.
So how can I do it?
For those who may believe that Freebsd is only for being a good server, and looks are frivolous: I want both.
date
, you can change the format quite easily, and others, like thunderbird
, seem to either have it already decided or somehow get it from locale or some other setting.In the handbook, there is a good section on https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/l10n/, which seems comprehensive on the outset.
I have been through that a few times, and can get Chinese and Russian working, but that is not what I want.
Amongst other things, I would like the date format to be YY-MM-DD and not MM/DD/YY, and there is nothing in localization that seems to do that - directly.
From what I can gather, YY-MM-DD is the default date format in
en_DK
, but en_DK
is not listed in locale -a
. Also, I don't think I would fancy en_DK
, as it would set the number format to 1.000.000,00
.I have previously toyed with mate and kde (did not fancy either), but I seem to remember there was somewhere to format various stuff. There is nothing (that I can see) in xfce, or to do it directly with Localization.
So how can I do it?
For those who may believe that Freebsd is only for being a good server, and looks are frivolous: I want both.