how to change the region settings / format for currency, dates and times?
Hello Community,
i am currently using Firefox with the english and german language pack enabled. This way it displays the user-interface in german. I think that this eventually comes somehow from the system preferences..
if i deactivate the german language pack the user interface is in english - that is what i really want. but with a slight twist.. i don't like the currency, date and time formats. (it switches to the PM/AM and Month/Day/Year and so on..)
So i would like to combine the German currency, date and time formats with the english user-interface language. is this possible?
in my Operating System (Kubuntu 17.10) i have done this mix successfully. - so in theory the system already knows what i want...
any ideas on this are greatly appreciated.
sunny greetings stefan
Chosen solution
Hi cor-el,
i have made a some test: i changed only the 'region settings' to something unique: 'en_DK' at the OS-Level.
- logout and login (so these settings are really used by the system)
- start Firefox -
- get the same information from the about:support page
"intl": {
"localeService": {
"requested": [
"en-DK",
"en-US"
],
"available": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"supported": [
"en-US",
"en-GB"
],
"regionalPrefs": [
"en-US",
"en-GB"
],
"defaultLocale": "en-US"
},
"osPrefs": {
"systemLocales": [
"en-DK"
],
"regionalPrefsLocales": [
"de-DE"
]
}
so seems it is really the system that brings this in...
i tried and set the system settings another way -
this time splitting the 'region' and the formats (like in the second screenshot i attached)
this gives
"intl": {
"localeService": {
"requested": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"available": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"supported": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"regionalPrefs": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"defaultLocale": "en-US"
},
"osPrefs": {
"systemLocales": [
"en-GB"
],
"regionalPrefsLocales": [
"de-DE"
]
}
},
so its better than before - i now have 24Hours format :-)
then i research on regarding your mentioned config
and found a similar question at mozillaZine this lead me to a [bug report https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1379910] where this is discussed.
so i changed my system configuration back to de_DE as Region settings without detailed settings.
than changed the preference
intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales: true
to true and restarted the system.
this leads to
"intl": {
"localeService": {
"requested": [
"de-DE",
"en-US"
],
"available": [
"en-GB",
"de",
"en-US"
],
"supported": [
"de",
"en-US",
"en-GB"
],
"regionalPrefs": [
"de-DE"
],
"defaultLocale": "en-US"
},
"osPrefs": {
"systemLocales": [
"de-DE"
],
"regionalPrefsLocales": [
"de-DE"
]
}
},
this time the format was fine but the user interface language switched back to German too :-(
next i tried again to split - set region to United Kingdom and all Detailed Settings to German.
after an restart i got
"intl": {
"localeService": {
"requested": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"available": [
"en-GB",
"de",
"en-US"
],
"supported": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"regionalPrefs": [
"de-DE"
],
"defaultLocale": "en-US"
},
"osPrefs": {
"systemLocales": [
"en-GB"
],
"regionalPrefsLocales": [
"de-DE"
]
}
},
and this time it worked!!
thanks for pointing me in the right direction to fix this :-)
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Hi, none as that is all controlled by your OS and you should check a forum of your flavour of Linux for help/info.
As to the Language pack changing things, please see the Developers site for support/info.
Please let us know if this solved your issue or if need further assistance.
What if you switch from the en-US (U.S. English) build to the en-GB (British English) build? I think that might switch the dates and times to the European style.
I don't know the best way to try that since Linux users have various installation options and configuration issues. If you are installing manually, you can get en-GB from this page:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/all/
And see: Install Firefox on Linux
Pkshadow said
As to the Language pack changing things, please see the Developers site for support/info.
The Language Pack being those on https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/language-tools/ and not something else.
thanks for your replies!
i have tried and installed the English (GB) Language Pack and deactivated all others. i have attached a screenshot of this screen.. and also a screenshot of the library window - here you can see that the date format is the MM/DD/YYYY... then i only enabled the german language pack and reopend the Library. again of both screens i have attached a screenshot. in the library window the changes are instantly visible (after reopen it) i also tested the javascript behavior in the developer console: event = new Date(); console.log(event.toLocaleString()); if only the English (GB) Language Pack is active i get " 4/25/2018, 5:47:23 PM" if i activate the German Pack (the English one is also active) i get " 25.4.2018, 17:48:11"
so it seems to me that the system settings are not controlling this directly - its more the language packs.. but somehow if both packs are active German wins - this could come from some system setting...
as Firefox itself is installed via the package management tool (for me that is apt) i don't want to mess with this.... but i searched there and both the english and german language packages are installed there too... (there is no GB one in the available packages - its only on with 'English')
if there is a better place to discuss this pleas let me know.
The attached troubleshooting information shows:
osPrefs: regionalPrefsLocales:["de-DE"]; systemLocales:["de-DE"]; localeService: available:["en-GB","en-US"]; requested:["de-DE","en-US"]; regionalPrefs:["en-US","en-GB"]; supported:["en-US","en-GB"]; defaultLocale:"en-US";
See also this pref:
- intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales
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Hi cor-el,
i have made a some test: i changed only the 'region settings' to something unique: 'en_DK' at the OS-Level.
- logout and login (so these settings are really used by the system)
- start Firefox -
- get the same information from the about:support page
"intl": {
"localeService": {
"requested": [
"en-DK",
"en-US"
],
"available": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"supported": [
"en-US",
"en-GB"
],
"regionalPrefs": [
"en-US",
"en-GB"
],
"defaultLocale": "en-US"
},
"osPrefs": {
"systemLocales": [
"en-DK"
],
"regionalPrefsLocales": [
"de-DE"
]
}
so seems it is really the system that brings this in...
i tried and set the system settings another way -
this time splitting the 'region' and the formats (like in the second screenshot i attached)
this gives
"intl": {
"localeService": {
"requested": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"available": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"supported": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"regionalPrefs": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"defaultLocale": "en-US"
},
"osPrefs": {
"systemLocales": [
"en-GB"
],
"regionalPrefsLocales": [
"de-DE"
]
}
},
so its better than before - i now have 24Hours format :-)
then i research on regarding your mentioned config
and found a similar question at mozillaZine this lead me to a [bug report https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1379910] where this is discussed.
so i changed my system configuration back to de_DE as Region settings without detailed settings.
than changed the preference
intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales: true
to true and restarted the system.
this leads to
"intl": {
"localeService": {
"requested": [
"de-DE",
"en-US"
],
"available": [
"en-GB",
"de",
"en-US"
],
"supported": [
"de",
"en-US",
"en-GB"
],
"regionalPrefs": [
"de-DE"
],
"defaultLocale": "en-US"
},
"osPrefs": {
"systemLocales": [
"de-DE"
],
"regionalPrefsLocales": [
"de-DE"
]
}
},
this time the format was fine but the user interface language switched back to German too :-(
next i tried again to split - set region to United Kingdom and all Detailed Settings to German.
after an restart i got
"intl": {
"localeService": {
"requested": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"available": [
"en-GB",
"de",
"en-US"
],
"supported": [
"en-GB",
"en-US"
],
"regionalPrefs": [
"de-DE"
],
"defaultLocale": "en-US"
},
"osPrefs": {
"systemLocales": [
"en-GB"
],
"regionalPrefsLocales": [
"de-DE"
]
}
},
and this time it worked!!
thanks for pointing me in the right direction to fix this :-)