I used to use the somewhat whimsical en_DK.UTF-8
locale when installing a new system because that would produce (roughly) the locale results I wanted, even though I am not in Denmark.
- Measurements metric
- Sensible date and time formats, but day and month names in English
- 24-hour time format
- Work week starts on Monday
- Numeric date in (something at least resembling) ISO format, yyyy-mm-dd
- Informal date is dd/mm, not the other way around
- A4 paper size
- Euro currency
- System messages in English
Alas, Ubuntu and Debian no longer seem to support the en_DK
locale. I have been thinking there should be something like en_EU
for "Euro English".
Every place I have worked has had this sort of requirement -- the official language of the organization is English, but we want continental European defaults for everything else.
I am imagining I am not the first person to think that a "location agnostic" English locale would benefit both me personally and the organizations I work for. So why does it not exist, and where do I look for further discussions and rationale?
... Or should I go ahead and propose it? To whom?
en_DK
locale is a weird curiosity; where did it originate, and why are there not random English locales for other countries? It's hardly like Denmark has an unusually high ratio of English speakers. – tripleee Jan 24 '13 at 11:36The real solution, IMHO, is to have separate settings for different contexts. For example, when I live in the US, I prefer to use normal English and standard measurements, but US paper sizes. The fact that USAns call their oddball measurements 'English' does add confusion, though—the English have been using mostly metric for decades, and many of their units differed from the US.
– Michael Scheper Oct 14 '14 at 01:00LC_TIME=C.UTF-8
: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55673886/what-is-the-difference-between-c-utf-8-and-en-us-utf-8-locales/61064759#61064759. – baptx Apr 06 '20 at 16:47en_SE:2000' for category
LC_CTYPE' [error] LC_IDENTIFICATION: unknown standarden_SE:2000' for category
LC_NUMERIC' [error] LC_IDENTIFICATION: unknown standarden_SE:2000' for category
LC_TIME' (... etc. ...) – Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. Feb 01 '21 at 03:46