[kde-linux] Re: Digital clock day & date

[Thomas Taylor]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:22:20 -0700
James Tyrer <jrtyrer at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 02/11/2011 02:00 AM, Thomas Taylor wrote:
> > On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 17:33:16 -0700
> > James Tyrer<jrtyrer at earthlink.net>  wrote:
> >
> >> On 02/10/2011 12:58 AM, Thomas Taylor wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:14:56 -0700
> >>> James Tyrer<jrtyrer at earthlink.net>   wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Well we are up to version 4.6 and I again ask:
> >>>>
> >>>> Is it really that hard to do this? [attached]
> >>>>
> >>> I don't use 4.6 yet but in 4.4.4 that setting is located in "Configure
> >>> Desktop
> >>>    >   General>   Regional&   Language>   Country/Region&   Language>
> >>>    >   General> Time& Dates"
> >>>    where you can select items that match your criteria.
> >> Yes, you can select the desired long date format in System Settings, but
> >> it doesn't have any effect on the format that the clock uses.
> >>
> > Works fine on my system (specs in signature).  This image shows my clock but
> > with 24 hour display selected:
> >
> The problem is the failure of the Digital Clock date to follow the "Long 
> date format" as selected in System Settings (as modified by options for 
> the Digital Clock settings).  Since I have:
> 
>      WEEKDAY MONTH dD YYYY
> 
> my system was not working correctly before I patched it -- I had the 
> same format as you did.  Because it was showing the same as yours.  Your 
> format would be:
> 
> SHORTWEEKDAY DD SHORTMONTH
> 
> Is that what you have selected in System Settings?

No, I've selected the same (WEEKDAY MONTH dD YYYY) as you without paying much
attention to that since I don't want to take the additional space on a laptop
screen (hard enough to read at my age).

Tom
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