Date Time format column configuration

Posts: 6 · ffsuser100 15 Aug 2020, 04:43

Please add to the application settings a possibility to configure format of the date Time column, which is displayed in Comparison Window. Now it's fixed US format.

Posts: 1038 · therube 15 Aug 2020, 18:05

(Not that I know how it works, but...)

It appears that FFS is following the OS settings?

What language settings do you have your OS set to?
What language are you using in FFS?

Posts: 6 · ffsuser100 23 Aug 2020, 13:10

OS date settings follow UK standard like dd.mm.yyyy. FFS display dates like mm/dd/yyyy. Hence, FFS does not follow OS settings.

Posts: 7212 · Zenju 23 Aug 2020, 13:41

FFS follows OS settings on Windows and macOS but (currently) not on Linux. Which OS is it?

Posts: 6 · ffsuser100 23 Aug 2020, 16:12

Linux (Ubuntu)

Posts: 309 · bgstack15 23 Aug 2020, 22:36

Perhaps you could try invoking FreeFileSync using various locale settings as described at https://www.tecmint.com/set-system-locales-in-linux/. I have not tried this myself, but C programs (and probably C++ as well) will use the locale settings to help determine values such as timestamps, units of currency, etc.

Posts: 6 · ffsuser100 24 Aug 2020, 06:51

Perhaps you could try invoking FreeFileSync using various locale settings as described at https://www.tecmint.com/set-system-locales-in-linux/. I have not tried this myself, but C programs (and probably C++ as well) will use the locale settings to help determine values such as timestamps, units of currency, etc. bgstack15, 23 Aug 2020, 22:36

The problem, that FFS doesn't follow OS local settings on Linux (see comments above)

Posts: 7212 · Zenju 24 Aug 2020, 11:41

Implemented for the next version:

Respect user-preferred number/time format (Linux)

Posts: 6 · ffsuser100 7 Sep 2020, 13:06

Implemented for the next version:
Respect user-preferred number/time format (Linux)
Zenju, 24 Aug 2020, 11:41

Thank you very much ! 11.1 version resolved the issue.