02-18-2013, 10:02 PM | #1 |
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How to get your Kobo to use non-US dates
With my reader mounted on /media/KOBOeReader, in
"/media/KOBOeReader/.kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf" there is an entry: [ApplicationPreferences] CurrentLocale=en_US I changed en_US to en_NZ, powered my Glo off then back on, and now it displays the date in proper NZ format DD/MM/YY instead MM/DD/YY. See post #120 for a list of English language locales available in firmware 2.4.0. Last edited by GeoffR; 03-30-2013 at 10:44 AM. |
02-18-2013, 10:24 PM | #2 |
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Thanks, Geoff
Works for me too on fw 2.1.5, but I had to Power off/on again to get it to 'take'. I used CurrentLocale=en_GB for the UK. All dates are displaying as DD/MM/YYYY for me. |
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02-18-2013, 10:35 PM | #3 |
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I just hope this does not cause issues for you with the syncing of material to/from Kobo Desktop and Kobo Servers....
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02-18-2013, 10:38 PM | #4 |
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Thanks Geoff. I had to do the restart as well.
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02-19-2013, 04:20 AM | #7 |
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I did a WiFi sync with no obvious harm after the change. But, I'll do an extra test later to make sure the reading position gets synced with my Touch.
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02-19-2013, 07:52 AM | #8 | |
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In this case it looks like changing the locale has no effect other than the desired one but I can well imagine taking advantage of some known setting for some optimization or other on the basis that you know how it was set as delivered and there's no supported way (i.e. through the menus or desktop app) to change it. Further more if and when you decide to add the ability to change that setting at a user level you'd cater for it throughout the system. Saying that it's stupid to not cater for every random edit someone might make to a file they're not intended to change is naive at best. |
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02-19-2013, 08:02 AM | #9 | |
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Off to do this right now. Assuming it's all locale settings, so also the 24h clock |
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02-19-2013, 08:21 AM | #10 | |
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A quick check of the database of my Glo after the sync and some reading, shows the expected timestamp values. I am happy that changing the locale is safe. |
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02-19-2013, 08:31 AM | #11 |
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Okay... what country speaks English, has a dd/mm/yy date and has a 24h clock?
I tried to sneak in en_NL but it just turned Dutch on me completely. Oh, nevermind, en_GB gives ddmmyy dates and 24h clock (hadn't expected that). YAY I'm happy. EDIT: I'm so happy I can't stop looking at the date and time! Last edited by Mrs_Often; 02-19-2013 at 08:49 AM. |
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02-19-2013, 08:46 AM | #13 | |
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02-19-2013, 08:58 AM | #14 |
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CurrentLocale=en_GB works for me on the mini - though I needed
to add the [ApplicationPreferences] section. Interestingly, after a reboot, there were a lot more entries in this section. I don't know why it was absent in the first place... Note also that this doesn't alter the date displayed on the firmware level |
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However I do think that the usual call-the-developer-stupid game is unfair when it relates to something the user has changed which isn't supposed to be able to be changed. |
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