* 2010-05-29 20:25 (-0700), Brian Marshall wrote: > Recently, I noticed that the date format in the output from "ls -l" > has changed in squeeze. Before, it used the ISO standard (2010-05-29 > 20:00) but now it's started printing "May 29 20:00" or "May 29 2009" > if it's not the current year.
> I suspect it's coreutils' fault, because while the version of the > locales package is about the same in Ubuntu and Debian (2.11 and > 2.10), coreutils is significantly newer in Debian (8.5 compared to > 7.4). > > Can anyone else confirm this issue? Is it a bug or a feature? How can > I get ls to print the ISO date format again? Yes, the default has changed. You can change the default with TIME_STYLE environment variable, like this: export TIME_STYLE=long-iso Related tips here: http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/po4a/html/ch09.en.html#_customized_display_of_time_and_date -- Feel free to Cc me your replies if you want to make sure I'll notice them. I can't read all the list mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87aari3twk....@mithlond.arda