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Remco Haszing
Asked: 2018-02-09 13:29:42 +0800 CST

Combine English language and alternative locale

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I have setup my Ubuntu machine to use the English (US) language. I have setup regional formats to use a Dutch format.

The problem is that weekdays and months names are defined by the regional format, not the language setting.

Can I configure the locale in such a way that everything is in English, but use Dutch the locale for anything else?

For example:

English: Thu 08 June 2019 10:15:59 PM CET
Dutch: do 08 juni 2018 22:25:59 CET
Wanted: Do 08 June 2018 22:25:59 CET
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2 Answers

  1. No, you cannot arbitrarily select which part of a string in an arbitrary program uses which locale you have installed.

    You will need to create a custom locale and translate strings to fit your desired translation and formatting, in a non-standard way as you describe.

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  2. You can make use of the en_DK.UTF-8 locale. Open ~/.profile for editing and add this line:

    export LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8

    This takes effect at next login.

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