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rolgiati

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From: Asuncion, Paraguay

Registered: 2013-06-08

Posts: 37

How can I change the date format that appears in Pcmanfm ?

I am cursed with dates that appear in US format;
tried to modify /etc/locale.conf and /etc/locales.gen, #commenting all US lines and uncommenting some lines gor GB and FR, no change.

Running XFCE under PCLinuxOS.

Any help gratefully received

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eriefisher

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From: ON, Canada

Registered: 2008-10-25

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Re: How can I change the date format that appears in Pcmanfm ?

Have you actually set up your locale? PCLinuxOS has a tool for this I believe.

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annoyedanchor

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Registered: 2026-03-02

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Re: How can I change the date format that appears in Pcmanfm ?

On XFCE, changing /etc/locale. conf alone often isn’t enough. Try opening Settings → Language Support (or set it via localectl) and make sure your Formats are set to en_GB instead of en_US, then log out and back in. You can also check echo $LANG and echo $LC_TIME in a terminal to see which locale is actually being used.