[Users] Date column misinterprets the date format

[Dave Howorth]

On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 14:39:33 +0300
Denis <den_ml at posteo.de> wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 12:18:15 +0100
> Andrej Kacian <ticho at claws-mail.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 21 Jan 2018 13:26:41 +0300
> > Denis <den_ml at posteo.de> wrote:
> >   
> > > Yes, I compared Claws Mail to "date +%x" command, and my LC_TIME
> > > is set in my .zshrc file since I didn't want to mess with
> > > system-wide settings. So I should set LC_TIME system-wide?
> > > 
> > > Is it only Claws Mail behaviour that it does not read settings
> > > exported from .zshrc (or .bashrc) or is it like this with all GUI
> > > programs?    
> > 
> > Does it display correctly if you launch Claws Mail from a shell
> > which has LC_TIME set, e.g. from an xterm?
> > 
> > Regards,  
> 
> I just checked out, and yes, it does display it correcrtly when
> launched from my login shell. And since wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote
> that this is the same behaviour w/ other apps launched from the
> desktop shortcuts, I'm just going to adjust system-wide settings.

You shouldn't need to adjust system-wide settings. There should be a
place to configure the environment for the desktop for the user who is
logged in.

But if you're the only person that uses the machine, it won't matter.

> Thanks for the replies!
>