On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 04:35:52PM +1100, Craig Sanders wrote: > Package: icedove > Version: 1.5.0.8.dfsg1-1 > Severity: wishlist > > > icedove displays mesage dates in MMDDYY format, which is really jarring > for anyone used to the sane DDMMYY or even saner YYYYMMDD formats - it's > impossible to tell what date is actually being displayed without viewing > enough other dates (with day numbers above 12) to figure out if the > first two digits are indicating Day or Month. > > this wouldn't normally warrant a bug report, except that there does > not appear to be any configuration option to set date style. so > icedove/thunderbird users are stuck with the braindamaged US date style. > > please fix or send this report upstream.
The date format is taken from LC_TIME ... unless this isn't the case anymore, I don't consider this a bug. - Alexander p.s. please take care that the bug is listed as To: or CC: when replying to this mail (e.g. /reply-all/). -- GPG messages preferred. | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** Alexander Sack | : :' : The universal [EMAIL PROTECTED] | `. `' Operating System http://www.asoftsite.org | `- http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]