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Old 01-23-2012, 06:57 AM   #5
chaley
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Originally Posted by AndyW1691 View Post
Hi Charley!
chaley, not charley.
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Where do I set the locale? I'm sure I have looked at every available option but did not see it.
The locale is set in your OS, not in calibre. For example, in windows it is set in Control Panel -> Region and Language
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The column type is a column built from other columns. The Sort/search column flag is set to text. When working, the Read Status column contains the text "Not Read", "Reading: x% or the date reading was completed. This is currently displayed as mm/dd/yy.
I think you are using pchrist7's custom template function, not a plugin. That function copies the date in the format the kindle uses. Does your kindle display in M/D/Y or D/M/Y? If it is M/D/Y, can you change it?

In any event, pchrist7's template function returns a text value, not a date. Even more interesting, the text sometimes contains a date and sometimes does not. Because of this, the formatting must done inside the function. If you want to change the format, you will need to change the function.
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