[cw-discuss] Date format

[Krsnendu dasa]

Thanks. I changed language to en_NZ and it seems to have fixed it.

On 02/02/07, Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry at codeweavers.com> wrote:
> "Krsnendu dasa" <krsnendu108 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am using Crossover Linux Professional on K12LTSP-6. The date format
> > in Windows apps (MSOFFICE XP, MYOB) are in the US format MM/DD/YYYY
> > and measurement is in inches. We would prefer it in the DD/MM/YYYY
> > format and centimetres. How do we change that? I think there must be a
> > CX setting that affects all Windows apps.
>
> What's the locale of your Linux system? Crossover sets date format and other
> locale dependent settings basing on the locale of the underlying system.
> First thing to try is to run
>
> ~/cxoffice/bin/wine --wl-app notepad
>
> press F5 (print date/time) as see in which format it is. Then run (for
> an example) with
>
> LANG=en_GB ~/cxoffice/bin/wine --wl-app notepad
>
> and see if the date/format changes. Then just set a proper locale in your
> system.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Dmitry.
>