Can't change thunderbird's calender time format from am/pm to 24 hours

JZL240I-U · 05-19-2024, 12:00 PM

I asked already here: https://forums.opensuse.org/t/change...hours/174982/7

to no avail. When I go to settings calendar there are just am/pm formats for daily / weekly showing(?) no 24 hours. I noticed though, that in settings - general I can't lastingly select a language for menus etc. the button is grey again after restart of thunderbird. In alternative languages I have first German and second English (US). Anybody with ideas?

lvm_ · 05-19-2024, 01:25 PM

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Date_display_format

JZL240I-U · 05-19-2024, 02:07 PM

From your link:

Quote:

The date format and the time format are set in your computer's operating system. You can change these formats by configuring your computer's settings.

My settings are german (de_DE). What now?

lvm_ · 05-20-2024, 12:23 AM

Now you have to read this article carefully and do exactly what is says - like this utf8 bit, or at least provide some information as to what exactly do you do: how you set locale and how you check that it is present and set.

JZL240I-U · 05-21-2024, 11:34 AM

That is exactly the problem: I can't. Thunderbird reworked the German interface massively: There is e.g. no "Tools –> Options –> Advanced –> General" menu (or any translation), the whole menu structure is changed. I can't even find the about:config entry.

I did

Code:

me@ryzen:~> locale
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

I didn't find where SUSE sets them, though... No other programs have this problem, just thunderbird.

lvm_ · 05-22-2024, 06:22 AM

They reworked the interface, which undoubtedly sucks, but is not related to localisation. There is no tools-options in English 125 either, 24h however works.
https://i.postimg.cc/d16r7gmb/Screen...522-141727.png
So what does it say when started from terminal - as this links tells?

JZL240I-U · 05-22-2024, 10:59 AM

I can see the "Tools" entry in the screenshot menu you posted. I don't have a counterpart in thunderbird here. Nor is the rest of the menu tree to be found.

When I start it via Konsole it is still am/pm.

lvm_ · 05-22-2024, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JZL240I-U

I can see the "Tools" entry in the screenshot menu you posted. I don't have a counterpart in thunderbird here. Nor is the rest of the menu tree to be found.

Dunno, looks the same to me https://i.postimg.cc/jdQSBhwL/Screen...522-201422.png. This is the de binary from mozilla site.

Quote:

Originally Posted by JZL240I-U

When I start it via Konsole it is still am/pm.

Starting from terminal won't change anything but may tell you what's wrong. Does it print anything?

JZL240I-U · 05-25-2024, 10:14 AM

Sorry for the lag, I was away for some time.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lvm_

Dunno, looks the same to me https://i.postimg.cc/jdQSBhwL/Screen...522-201422.png. This is the de binary from mozilla site.

It has no "Tools" equivalent.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lvm_

Starting from terminal won't change anything but may tell you what's wrong. Does it print anything?

Result is:

Code:

me@ryzen:~> thunderbird
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.
kf.i18n: KLocalizedString: Using an empty domain, fix the code. msgid: "Mozilla Firefox" msgid_plural: "" msgctxt: ""
kf.i18n: KLocalizedString: Using an empty domain, fix the code. msgid: "Mozilla Thunderbird" msgid_plural: "" msgctxt: ""

Can you see anything here?