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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

A. Try to use US English, but with all apps using 24-hour instead of 12-hour time. Or:
B. Try to use UK English, but with all apps using YYYY-MM-DD date format.

What happens: You can't.
What should happen: You can.

Since Ubuntu has existed, it has used the GNU locale system. This system
assumes that every single person using a particular locale wants exactly
the same settings for time display, date display, currency display,
alphabetizing, and number formatting.
<http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Effects-of-
Locale.html>

Windows, Mac OS, and (to a lesser extent) iOS have always been more
flexible: setting a locale sets appropriate defaults for these settings,
but you can also change them individually. Ubuntu should do the same.

This might involve changing the locale system itself, or it might
involve changing all relevant toolkits so that they ignore the locale
system when appropriate.

It would also involve adding settings in System Settings to customize
the individual locale details.

** Affects: libc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: ubuntu-ui-toolkit (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: ubuntu-system-settings (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: libc (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1392699

Title:
  Can't change locale settings (e.g. language, 12/24-hour time, date
  format) independently

Status in “libc” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “ubuntu-system-settings” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “ubuntu-ui-toolkit” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  A. Try to use US English, but with all apps using 24-hour instead of 12-hour time. Or:
  B. Try to use UK English, but with all apps using YYYY-MM-DD date format.

  What happens: You can't.
  What should happen: You can.

  Since Ubuntu has existed, it has used the GNU locale system. This
  system assumes that every single person using a particular locale
  wants exactly the same settings for time display, date display,
  currency display, alphabetizing, and number formatting.
  <http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Effects-of-
  Locale.html>

  Windows, Mac OS, and (to a lesser extent) iOS have always been more
  flexible: setting a locale sets appropriate defaults for these
  settings, but you can also change them individually. Ubuntu should do
  the same.

  This might involve changing the locale system itself, or it might
  involve changing all relevant toolkits so that they ignore the locale
  system when appropriate.

  It would also involve adding settings in System Settings to customize
  the individual locale details.

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