Bug 87778 - Locale not respected in Online Update Options dialog
Summary: Locale not respected in Online Update Options dialog
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
4.3.5.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64) Windows (All)
: low minor
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Blocks: Options-Dialog-Writer
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Reported: 2014-12-28 00:29 UTC by Robert
Modified: 2025-04-10 03:12 UTC (History)
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Description Robert 2014-12-28 00:29:32 UTC
In the Online Update Options (Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice -> Online Update) the "Last Checked:" timestamp is formatted as 12/28/14, 12:15:00 AM.

The language settings are 

User Interface: Default - English (USA)
Locale Setting: Default - English (UK)

The user selected date and time and time formats for Windows are 

date: yyyy-mm-dd
time: hh:mm:ss (24-hour times)

IMHO the user-selected settings for Windows should override all others!
Comment 1 Adolfo Jayme Barrientos 2014-12-28 21:17:15 UTC
Thank you for your bug report.
Comment 2 QA Administrators 2016-01-17 20:04:50 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 3 robert 2016-01-17 20:29:17 UTC
The bug is still present in

Version: 5.0.4.2 (x64)
Build ID: 2b9802c1994aa0b7dc6079e128979269cf95bc78
Locale: en-GB (en_GB)

The claimed locale is strictly speaking correct, which would mean it's not a bug. However the locale has been changed via the Control Panel to display dates in ISO8601 format and times in 24 hour format, so strictly speaking it's ***NO LONGER*** a locale en-GB, but something customized, and LibreOffice should be able to use whatever date and time formats I use to be displayed in any system dialog, such as the one under discussion here!

PLEASE DO NOT ASK USERS TO DOWNLOAD AN OBSOLETE VERSION UNTIL SUCH A TIME THAT, EVEN ON WINDOZE, SEVERAL VERSIONS CAN BE USED CONCURRENTLY! I WILL FLATLY REFUSE TO DO SO!
Comment 4 QA Administrators 2017-03-06 14:31:50 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 5 robert 2017-03-06 20:22:54 UTC
The bug is still present in

Version: 5.3.0.3 (x64)
Build ID: 7074905676c47b82bbcfbea1aeefc84afe1c50e1
CPU Threads: 8; OS Version: Windows 6.1; UI Render: default; Layout Engine: new; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); Calc: group

The claimed locale is strictly speaking correct, which would mean it's not a bug. However the locale has been changed via the Control Panel to display dates in ISO8601 format and times in 24 hour format, so strictly speaking it's ***NO LONGER*** a locale en-GB, but something customized, and LibreOffice should be able to use whatever date and time formats I use to be displayed in any system dialog, such as the one under discussion here!

AND AGAIN, PLEASE DO NOT ASK USERS TO DOWNLOAD AN OBSOLETE VERSION UNTIL SUCH A TIME THAT, EVEN ON WINDOZE, SEVERAL VERSIONS CAN BE USED CONCURRENTLY! I WILL FLATLY REFUSE TO DO SO!
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2018-03-07 03:42:16 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 robert 2018-03-07 09:15:37 UTC
> If you want to do more to help you can test to see if your issue is a 
> REGRESSION. To do so:
> 1. Download and install oldest version of LibreOffice (usually 3.3 unless your 
> bug pertains to a feature added after 3.3) from 
> http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/

And wipe out my existing installation on Windoze? 

The moment you make it possible to install multiple versions in parallel on Windoze, like on other OS'es, I *might* be willing to this!

Anyway, on 

Version: 5.4.5.1 (x64)
Build ID: 79c9829dd5d8054ec39a82dc51cd9eff340dbee8
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); Calc: group

The message is still the same, US formatted date and time, on a system that uses ISO8601 dates and time formats.
Comment 8 QA Administrators 2019-03-08 03:40:03 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 9 robert 2019-03-09 18:45:50 UTC
The bug is still present in

Version: 6.2.1.2 (x64)
Build ID: 7bcb35dc3024a62dea0caee87020152d1ee96e71
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 10 QA Administrators 2021-03-09 03:44:29 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 11 robert 2021-03-09 07:24:42 UTC
Still present!

Version: 7.1.1.2 (x64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: fe0b08f4af1bacafe4c7ecc87ce55bb426164676
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

Obviously nobody really gives a fluck about this, given that this problem has now been around for more than six years!
Comment 12 QA Administrators 2021-03-10 04:04:40 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 13 QA Administrators 2023-03-11 03:24:49 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 14 robert 2023-03-11 05:54:05 UTC
Version: 7.5.1.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: fcbaee479e84c6cd81291587d2ee68cba099e129
CPU threads: 8; OS: Windows 6.1 Service Pack 1 Build 7601; UI render: Skia/Raster; VCL: win
Locale: en-GB (en_GB); UI: en-US
Calc: CL threaded

Still present!
Comment 15 QA Administrators 2025-04-10 03:12:46 UTC
Dear Robert,

To make sure we're focusing on the bugs that affect our users today, LibreOffice QA is asking bug reporters and confirmers to retest open, confirmed bugs which have not been touched for over a year.

There have been thousands of bug fixes and commits since anyone checked on this bug report. During that time, it's possible that the bug has been fixed, or the details of the problem have changed. We'd really appreciate your help in getting confirmation that the bug is still present.

If you have time, please do the following:

Test to see if the bug is still present with the latest version of LibreOffice from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/

If the bug is present, please leave a comment that includes the information from Help - About LibreOffice.
 
If the bug is NOT present, please set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED-WORKSFORME and leave a comment that includes the information from Help - About LibreOffice.

Please DO NOT

Update the version field
Reply via email (please reply directly on the bug tracker)
Set the bug's Status field to RESOLVED - FIXED (this status has a particular meaning that is not 
appropriate in this case)


If you want to do more to help you can test to see if your issue is a REGRESSION. To do so:
1. Download and install oldest version of LibreOffice (usually 3.3 unless your bug pertains to a feature added after 3.3) from https://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/

2. Test your bug
3. Leave a comment with your results.
4a. If the bug was present with 3.3 - set version to 'inherited from OOo';
4b. If the bug was not present in 3.3 - add 'regression' to keyword


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