Setting timestamp format to English

Setting timestamp format to English

[bar tomas]

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Hi,

First of all I'd like to say that I find orgmode great. I'd been looking for
a tool like this for years.
I have a french version of windows so when I set a timestamp on an item with
C-c >, I get the timestamp in french.
I'd like to get it in english.
I've tried setting the language environment to english through the menu
(options/mule/set language environment) but it makes no difference.
In a previous mail of this mailing list (
http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg03064.html), it is
mentioned that this depends on the variable system-time-locale.

How can I set system-time-locale to english permanently in my emacs init
file? ( I'm a newbie to emacs)

I've tried the following, but it doesnt work:

(set-locale-environment English)
(system-time-locale English)

Thanks very much.

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Re: Setting timestamp format to English

[Giovanni Ridolfi]

--- Dom 30/8/09, bar tomas <bartomas@gmail.com> ha scritto:
Hi, Bar,
> 
> I have a french version of windows so when I set a
> timestamp on an item with C-c >, I get the timestamp in
> french.
> 
I've the italian version of windows XP, I get the 
timestamp in italian ;-)

> I'd like to get it in english.

As a workaround, for org files, you can change 
the *format* of the date having the 
*appearance* of the English date.

Please have a look at the variable 
org-time-stamp-custom-formats

C-h v org-time-stamp-custom-formats

In a file I have: 

#Local Variables:
#org-time-stamp-custom-formats : ("<%d/%m/%Y>" . "<%d/%m/%Y %a %H:%M>")
#End:

[2009-09-02 mer] becomes  [02/09/2009]

Nice, but  you can only change the date day by day and the format 
will *not* be exported.

Or [beware, untested!] you could change 
the format-time string variable in your .emacs.

cheers,
Giovanni

Re: Setting timestamp format to English

[bar tomas]

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Hi,
Many thanks for your reply.
How could I change the format-time string variable in my .emacs file?
Thanks again

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Giovanni Ridolfi <giovanni.ridolfi@yahoo.it
> wrote:

> --- Dom 30/8/09, bar tomas <bartomas@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> Hi, Bar,
> >
> > I have a french version of windows so when I set a
> > timestamp on an item with C-c >, I get the timestamp in
> > french.
> >
> I've the italian version of windows XP, I get the
> timestamp in italian ;-)
>
> > I'd like to get it in english.
>
> As a workaround, for org files, you can change
> the *format* of the date having the
> *appearance* of the English date.
>
> Please have a look at the variable
> org-time-stamp-custom-formats
>
> C-h v org-time-stamp-custom-formats
>
> In a file I have:
>
> #Local Variables:
> #org-time-stamp-custom-formats : ("<%d/%m/%Y>" . "<%d/%m/%Y %a %H:%M>")
> #End:
>
> [2009-09-02 mer] becomes  [02/09/2009]
>
> Nice, but  you can only change the date day by day and the format
> will *not* be exported.
>
> Or [beware, untested!] you could change
> the format-time string variable in your .emacs.
>
> cheers,
> Giovanni
>
>
>
>

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Re: Setting timestamp format to English

[Valentin Wüstholz]

Hi,

the following works for me:

(setq system-time-locale "C")

Cheers,

Valentin


On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:06 PM, bar tomas<bartomas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First of all I'd like to say that I find orgmode great. I'd been looking for
> a tool like this for years.
> I have a french version of windows so when I set a timestamp on an item with
> C-c >, I get the timestamp in french.
> I'd like to get it in english.
> I've tried setting the language environment to english through the menu
> (options/mule/set language environment) but it makes no difference.
> In a previous mail of this mailing list
> (http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg03064.html), it is
> mentioned that this depends on the variable system-time-locale.
>
> How can I set system-time-locale to english permanently in my emacs init
> file? ( I'm a newbie to emacs)
>
> I've tried the following, but it doesnt work:
>
> (set-locale-environment English)
> (system-time-locale English)
>
> Thanks very much.
>
>
>
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Re: Setting timestamp format to English

[bar tomas]

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Great! Many thanks

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Valentin Wüstholz <wuestholz@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the following works for me:
>
> (setq system-time-locale "C")
>
> Cheers,
>
> Valentin
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:06 PM, bar tomas<bartomas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > First of all I'd like to say that I find orgmode great. I'd been looking
> for
> > a tool like this for years.
> > I have a french version of windows so when I set a timestamp on an item
> with
> > C-c >, I get the timestamp in french.
> > I'd like to get it in english.
> > I've tried setting the language environment to english through the menu
> > (options/mule/set language environment) but it makes no difference.
> > In a previous mail of this mailing list
> > (http://www.mail-archive.com/emacs-orgmode@gnu.org/msg03064.html), it is
> > mentioned that this depends on the variable system-time-locale.
> >
> > How can I set system-time-locale to english permanently in my emacs init
> > file? ( I'm a newbie to emacs)
> >
> > I've tried the following, but it doesnt work:
> >
> > (set-locale-environment English)
> > (system-time-locale English)
> >
> > Thanks very much.
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Emacs-orgmode mailing list
> > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
> > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
> > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
> >
> >
>

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