On 2019-09-10, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > On 2019-09-10 22:06 +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> after an upgrade from stretch to buster, the date default output changed on >> my >> system >> >> As an example: >> >> Tue Sep 10 19:50:26 CEST 2019 (stretch) >> Tue 10 Sep 2019 09:26:33 PM CEST (buster) >> >> I am just wondering if this is a known issue or if another configuration >> change >> during the upgrade caused this. > > The default format very much depends on your locale. In the en_US.UTF-8 > locale I also see the difference, but I think it's a bug fix. The > buster output looks more like what an American user would expect. If > you don't like it, set LC_TIME to something else, e.g. en_GB.UTF-8.
You'd assume Americans would be less bewildered without the "military-style" 24 clock (I remember old dad quizzing me when I was a kid: "What time's 1700 hours?"), but then again our rather unique habit of putting the month before the day (as in mm-dd-yyyy) is reversed by the upgrade, so it seems to be a tie cultural imperialism-wise. > Cheers, > Sven > > -- Thug: This is a stickup! Now come on. Your money or your life. [long pause] Thug: [repeating] Look, bud, I said, 'Your money or your life.' Jack Benny: I'm thinking, I'm thinking!