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For some insane (=AM/PM) reason the language is tied to time preference.
by gsich 3y ago
For some insane (=AM/PM) reason the language is tied to time preference.
- o11c 3y agoWorse, there are clearly conflicting sources of truth involved. Setting locale to `en_SOMEEUROPEANCOUNTRY` will make some programs use ISO 8601 dates everywhere, but other programs use all sorts of random formats. Switching between countries changes what different subsets of programs do.
- bmicraft 3y agoThrowback to when Google maps randomly chose to use km/h configured in android settings and "mph (auto)" from google account setting at once on the same screen in the app.
- Too 3y agoI found that setting language to UK instead of US avoids a lot of the goofiness like YY/DD/MM and 12h time. Setting the language to my native tongue instead of English just doesn’t work for all the industrial terms.
- gsich 3y agoYes, but Gitlab doesn't have that.