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jeancf

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Registered: 2011-03-02

Posts: 6

Wrong en_IE.UTF-8 locale in KDE Plasma 5

I made a fresh install of Arch + KDE Plasma 5.

As usual I configured the linux locale to LANG=en_IE.UTF-8 in /etc/locale.conf.
I then changed System Settings > Regional Settings > Formats > Region to "Ireland-English (en_IE)" and restarted.

Now I have 2 problems:

1. The Plasma 5 time format for this English-Irish locale is incorrect. it is a 12 hours clock with "A.M./P.M." suffix (e.g. 03:25 P.M.) while it should be a 24 hour clock (e.g. 15:25).
   Question: where should I report this bug?

2. If i start a console and execute 'date' the time appears in the correct format (e.g. Fri Dec 11 15:25:50 CET 2015). So one solution to problem #1 above could be to set the Regional Format to "No Change" so that Plasma uses the correct system locale. Unfortunately, Plasma refuses to accept the "No Change" setting. I can select it and click apply then leave the dialog box but when I come back, the setting is back to "Ireland-English (en_IE)".
   Question: How do I make Plasma accept the "No Change" locale setting. Can I modify a Plasma config file somewhere maybe?

Thanks,

Last edited by jeancf (2015-12-12 09:38:41)

arojas

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From: Spain

Registered: 2011-10-09

Posts: 2,313

Re: Wrong en_IE.UTF-8 locale in KDE Plasma 5

[*]The Plasma 5 time format for this English-Irish locale is incorrect. it is a 12 hours clock with "A.M./P.M." suffix (e.g. 03:25 P.M.) while it should be a 24 hour clock (e.g. 15:25).
Question: where should I report this bug?[/*]

You can change the time format in the clock settings

Last edited by arojas (2015-12-12 10:19:18)

jeancf

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Registered: 2011-03-02

Posts: 6

Re: Wrong en_IE.UTF-8 locale in KDE Plasma 5

You can change the time format in the clock settings

That is correct. However this is only a workaround for the clock widget in system tray. All the applications that use time still display it in the wrong format.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,435

Re: Wrong en_IE.UTF-8 locale in KDE Plasma 5

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=340982

KDE has ported from their own Locale library to Qt's and Qt's library isn't able to offer the same amount of customization (yet) and instead draws from a static DB which might/might not be correct

jeancf

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Registered: 2011-03-02

Posts: 6

Re: Wrong en_IE.UTF-8 locale in KDE Plasma 5

Thanks for the link V1del. It does not sound like the issue is going to be resolved anytime soon. That is a shame, KDE was my preferred desktop but since Plasma 5 it has regressed quite a bit.