[SOLVED] Dolphin (KDE 5): Get ISO 8601 compliant date & time shown for files & folders.
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Dolphin (KDE 5): Get ISO 8601 compliant date & time shown for files & folders.
affected software: Dolphin 21.12.1; KDE 5.23.5 (parts of Slackware64 15.0)
"Time" is set to en_SE in "KDE control center" because this setting provides ISO 8601 compliant date & time format "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM (24 hrs)". All other settings are set to en_DE due to my localisation and preferred language for computing.
Unfortunately, Dolphin ignores this "time" setting and shows date & time in this annoying "mM/dD/YY hH:MM (12 hrs)" format.
Example:
ISO 8601: 2023-05-08 15:37
Dolphin: 5/8/23 3:37 PM
How can I set Dolphin to use ISO 8601 compliant date & time?
Done & works, but I'm using Midnight Commander (mc) in console (pure console & terminal windows on GUI) context only. mc is not an option as Dolphin replacement for me.
Going the rocky road gives a partial solution. I've created an en_DE locale with ISO 8601 compliant date & time format¹. This works on pure console & terminal windows on GUI. It removes this annoying "mM/dD/YY hH:MM (12 hrs)" format from Dolphin, but current format in Dolphin doesn't change to "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS (24 hrs)". It changes to "DD/MM/YYYY HH:MM (24 hrs)" format instead. This is quite better than "mM/dD/YY hH:MM (12 hrs)" format but not optimal.
¹Installation of en_DE with ISO 8601 compliant date & time, installation description for Slackware64 15.0:
download so that the locale file is accessible as /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_DE
become root
run: localedef --no-archive -f UTF-8 -i en_DE en_DE.utf8
command above creates /usr/lib64/locale/en_DE.utf-8 with content
set your system or account default locale to en_DE.utf-8, for system locale: edit /etc/profile.d/lang.sh and lang.csh
reboot, or log off and back on, to activate the new locale
en_DE
Code:
comment_char %
escape_char /
% Current state: This file is NOT part of the GNU C Library and contains locale data.
% The Free Software Foundation does not claim any copyright interest
% in the locale data contained in this file. The foregoing does not
% affect the license of the GNU C Library as a whole. It does not
% exempt you from the conditions of the license if your use would
% otherwise be governed by that license.
% Locale for English locale in Germany with ISO 8601 compliant date & time
% de_DE Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2000
% en_DE Contributed by Soenke Kraft <soenke.kraft@sackpfeyffer-zu-linden.de>, 2023
LC_IDENTIFICATION
title "English locale for Germany"
source "derived from de_DE from Free Software Foundation, Inc."
address ""
contact ""
email ""
tel ""
fax ""
language "English"
territory "Germany"
revision "1.0"
date "2023-06-24"
category "i18n:2012";LC_IDENTIFICATION
category "i18n:2012";LC_CTYPE
category "i18n:2012";LC_COLLATE
category "i18n:2012";LC_TIME
category "i18n:2012";LC_NUMERIC
category "i18n:2012";LC_MONETARY
category "i18n:2012";LC_MESSAGES
category "i18n:2012";LC_PAPER
category "i18n:2012";LC_NAME
category "i18n:2012";LC_ADDRESS
category "i18n:2012";LC_TELEPHONE
category "i18n:2012";LC_MEASUREMENT
END LC_IDENTIFICATION
LC_CTYPE
copy "i18n"
translit_start
include "translit_combining";""
% German umlauts.
% LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS.
<U00C4> "A<U0308>";"AE"
% LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS.
<U00D6> "O<U0308>";"OE"
% LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS.
<U00DC> "U<U0308>";"UE"
% LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS.
<U00E4> "a<U0308>";"ae"
% LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS.
<U00F6> "o<U0308>";"oe"
% LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS.
<U00FC> "u<U0308>";"ue"
% Danish.
% LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE.
<U00C5> "A<U030A>";"AA"
% LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE.
<U00E5> "a<U030A>";"aa"
% The following strange first-level transliteration derive from the use
% U201E and U201C as "correct" quoting characters. These two characters
% do not really belong together. The result is that somebody who uses
% U201C and U201D will get the incorrect U00AB / U00BB sequences.
% LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
<U201C> <U00AB>;<U0022>
% RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
<U201D> <U00BB>;<U0022>
% DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
<U201E> <U00BB>;"<U002C><U002C>"
% DOUBLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK
<U201F> <U00AB>;<U0022>
translit_end
END LC_CTYPE
LC_COLLATE
% Copy the template from ISO/IEC 14651
copy "iso14651_t1"
END LC_COLLATE
LC_MONETARY
int_curr_symbol "EUR "
currency_symbol "<U20AC>"
mon_decimal_point ","
mon_thousands_sep "."
mon_grouping 3;3
positive_sign ""
negative_sign "-"
int_frac_digits 2
frac_digits 2
p_cs_precedes 0
p_sep_by_space 1
n_cs_precedes 0
n_sep_by_space 1
p_sign_posn 1
n_sign_posn 1
%
END LC_MONETARY
LC_NUMERIC
decimal_point ","
thousands_sep "."
grouping 3;3
END LC_NUMERIC
LC_TIME
abday "Sun";"Mon";"Tue";"Wed";"Thu";"Fri";"Sat"
day "Sunday";/
"Monday";/
"Tuesday";/
"Wednesday";/
"Thursday";/
"Friday";/
"Saturday"
abmon "Jan";"Feb";/
"Mar";"Apr";/
"May";"Jun";/
"Jul";"Aug";/
"Sep";"Oct";/
"Nov";"Dec"
mon "January";/
"February";/
"March";/
"April";/
"May";/
"June";/
"July";/
"August";/
"September";/
"October";/
"November";/
"December"
% date formats following ISO 8601-1988
d_t_fmt "%Y-%m-%dT%T %Z"
date_fmt "%Y-%m-%dT%T %Z"
d_fmt "%Y-%m-%d"
t_fmt "%T"
am_pm "";""
t_fmt_ampm ""
week 7;19971130;4
first_weekday 2
END LC_TIME
LC_MESSAGES
yesexpr "^[+1jJyY]"
noexpr "^[-0nN]"
yesstr "yes"
nostr "no"
END LC_MESSAGES
LC_PAPER
copy "i18n"
END LC_PAPER
LC_NAME
name_fmt "%d%t%g%t%m%t%f"
name_miss "Miss"
name_mr "Mister"
name_mrs "Miss"
name_ms "Miss"
END LC_NAME
LC_ADDRESS
postal_fmt "%f%N%a%N%d%N%b%N%s %h %e %r%N%z %T%N%c%N"
country_name "Germany"
country_post "D"
country_ab2 "DE"
country_ab3 "DEU"
country_num 276
country_car "D"
country_isbn 3
lang_name "German"
lang_ab "de"
lang_term "deu"
lang_lib "ger"
END LC_ADDRESS
LC_TELEPHONE
tel_int_fmt "+%c %a %l"
tel_dom_fmt "%A %l"
int_select "00"
int_prefix "49"
END LC_TELEPHONE
LC_MEASUREMENT
copy "i18n"
END LC_MEASUREMENT
I know, and it is what I stated to you in my previous post. I was merely pointing you at similar discussions.
Quote:
Done & works, but I'm using Midnight Commander (mc) in console (pure console & terminal windows on GUI) context only. mc is not an option as Dolphin replacement for me.
Midnight Commander was just an example, (and it is popular amongst those using non-GUI environments). You surely can research alternatives which provide the capability that you require?
WFM. Admittedly, my Plasma is not the freshest one - 5.12, but dolphin reacts to setting LC_TIME as expected, including en_SE Attachment 41243
Yes, not something I had tried (or ever required), but as it was also mentioned in the superuser answers, I set en_SE via System Settings, and indeed time stamps doe display in Dolphin as required.
command above creates /usr/lib64/locale/en_SE.utf-8 with content
edit /etc/profile.d/lang.sh: entry LC_COLLATE=C can be left unchanged, values of all other LC_ entries must be changed to en_SE.utf-8
edit /etc/profile.d/lang.csh: entry LC_COLLATE C can be left unchanged, values of all other LC_ entries must be changed to en_SE.utf-8 *** not tested whether this step is required or only recommended for unification ***
reboot & start KDE 5
go to [KDE] "System Settings" → "Regional Settings" → "Formats"
Activate "Detailed Settings"
Set "Time" to "Sweden - English (en_SE)"
Set all other settings to desired English language based values *** only tested with "Germany - English (en_DE)" ***
This solution looks like that KDE 5 must believe at startup that the computer is located in Sweden and not e.g. in Germany to show date & time format "YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM (24 hrs)" in Dolphin.
This solution looks like that KDE 5 must believe at startup that the computer is located in Sweden and not e.g. in Germany to show date & time format "YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM (24 hrs)" in Dolphin.
As per lvm's comments, that what worked for me. This reads the same.
For the rest of KDE, the old solution to have the time iso format:
yyyy-mm-dd
and the 24-hour clock keeps working, and it is as follows.
(click on the kde menu)
> settings
> system settings
> regional settings
> region & language
> (on the right-most side of the "time" line, click) modify
> (search for sweden)
> (click on) english (sweden)
> (close the system settings application)
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