[Shotwell] event date format

[Peter DO Smith]

Thanks Adam. I will simply edit the event data into the format I like. That
is the big advantage of the fact you have made it editable

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Adam Dingle <adam at yorba.org> wrote:

> Peter,
>
> Shotwell doesn't use the locale's setting since we've chosen our own date
> format which we think looks simpler and easier to read (e.g. "Tue Jun 29,
> 2010").  It's true that with our date format the numbers don't line up
> vertically in neat columns since we begin with an abbreviated day of the
> week, which always has 3 characters but whose width may vary in a
> variable-width font.  We could consider allowing the user to customize the
> date format we display; feel free to file a ticket for this if you like.
>
> adam
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Peter DO Smith <pdo.smith at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I find the date format for the event list (left hand bar) confusing. When
>> I
>> have many entries it is easier to scan them quickly if a simple date
>> format
>> is used that lines up in neat columns. I tried changing the date_fmt entry
>> in my locales file to correct this (I am using Ubuntu 10.04) but it had no
>> effect, although the change was visible in Ubuntu.
>>
>> Does Shotwell use the locales setting for the date format?
>>
>> Peter
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