Nemo Preferences GUI "Date Format" changes do not apply to org.nemo.preferences date-format #3855

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1. Jeremy7701 commented on Oct 10, 2026

   

   Jeremy7701

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   Can't reproduce this (in LMDE7).
   Tried changing dates preference to include my timezone (BST).
   nemo instantly modified a existing nemo window to show the new date format and updated the gsettings entry from 'iso' to 'locale'

   Using the dconf editor/display gives much more information:-

   
2. daveb3030 commented on Oct 10, 2026

   

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   Thanks for your quick response Jeremy
   I had only noticed it with my .Xauthority file. It seems like I did 100 steps to fix it (they are listed below) But I never did a reboot. I am sorry, maybe I cried wolf. It seems that one of the steps below must have fixed it but until I rebooted it was not obvious.
   It seems that we can mark this issue is resolved or as a false alarm.
   Thanks again. Below are the steps that I did.

   timedatectl
   timedatectl set-local-rtc 0
   timedatectl
   nemo -q
   TZ="" nemo &
   grep -i "TZ" ~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/.pam_environment /etc/environment 2>/dev/null
   xsudo apt install dconf-editor -y
   gsettings get org.nemo.preferences date-format
   nemo --version
   gsettings set org.nemo.preferences date-format 'locale'
   gsettings get org.nemo.preferences date-format
   nemo -q
   locale
   printenv | grep -E "TZ|LC|LANG"
   cat /etc/timezone
   killall nemo nemo-desktop 2>/dev/null
   rm -rf ~/.cache/nemo/
   nemo-desktop & nemo &
   ps -ef | grep -E "nautilus|thunar|pcmanfm|cinnamon|nemo"
   grep -i "TZ" ~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/.pam_environment /etc/environment 2>/dev/null
   ps -ef | grep -E "nautilus|thunar|pcmanfm|cinnamon|nemo"
   nemo --quit && nemo
3. daveb3030

   closed this as completedon Oct 10, 2026
4. Jeremy7701 commented on Oct 11, 2026

   

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   This isn't crying wolf - perhaps just a small mis-configuration?
   One possibility is that the timedatectl set-local-rtc 0 command fixed the problem:-
   From the man page for timedatectl:

   set-local-rtc [BOOL]
              Takes a boolean argument. If "0", the system is configured to maintain the RTC in universal time. If "1", it
              will maintain the RTC in local time instead. Note that maintaining the RTC in the local timezone is not
              fully supported and will create various problems with time zone changes and daylight saving adjustments....
   
5. daveb3030 commented on Oct 11, 2026

   

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   In your 1st message you mentioned dconf-editor. I just installed it. I do see some differences in my setting from the screenshot you provided. Both my Current value and Custom values are set to locale. In your screen shot they are set to iso. So my current is locale and not iso. But the "issue" is no longer presenting itself on my system. Just thought I'd let you know. Thanks for your responses. Dave [cid:c4823014-85c3-49d1-9a09-7804d5f78fd8]

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