Re: DateBox

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 05/06/2024 à 19:53, gbWilly a écrit :
> DateBox doesn' t seem to take into account certain system settings.
>
> These are my language settings:
>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
> LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
> LC_MEASUREMENT=nl_NL.UTF-8
> LC_MONETARY=nl_NL.UTF-8
> LC_NUMERIC=nl_NL.UTF-8
> LC_PAPER=nl_NL.UTF-8
> LC_TIME=nl_NL.UTF-8
>
> As you can see I prefer an English environment for language, for all the 
> rest I want my local style (so money, time, measurements etc.)
> As you can see time is set to nl_NL (so Dutch -> West Europe)
>
> Debian/Mate seem to be OK with these settings as my dates on my clock 
> are shown 'Dutch/West-European'  style meaning -> dd mm yyyy
>
> Now have look at the datebox below. It is not accoring to my settings 
> for time (LC_TIME=nl_NL.UTF-8)
> It is shown as mm dd yyyy, (so US settings) and thus very confusing and 
> annoying at the same time and prone to mistakes.
>
>
> datebox.png
>
> I can set the mode to DateOnly, but no property to set the date format. 
> IMHO that should be taken from LC_TIME setting.
> Others (not Gambas) seem to be able do use it in their software.
>
> Is this intended behavior or is incorporating all settings of the system 
> just something that has been overlooked to take into account?
> Or am I missing something in how to get this done?
>
> gbWilly


Yes, apparently LC_ALL is taken into account, but not just LC_TIME.

$ LC_TIME=nl_NL.UTF-8 gbx3 -e now
06/06/2024 16:42:46
$ LC_ALL=nl_NL.UTF-8 gbx3 -e now
06-06-2024 16:42:51

I will investigate.

P.S. Note that for glibc, the date separator for 'nl_NL.UTF-8' is '-', 
not a space.

--
Benoît Minisini.