[SOLVED] Calendar - how to set Monday 1st day

[drs305]

Here is how to change the gnome calendar first day of the week to Monday:

Check which locale you are using (mine is en_US, don't worry about the .UTF ending):

locale

Next, edit the applicable locale file (for me, en_US, use the result of the previous command if not en_US):

gksudo gedit /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US

Locate the following line and change the value to 2:

first_weekday 2

Save the file and then:

Update the locales:

sudo locale-gen

Refresh the desktop:

killall gnome-panel

The first day should now be Monday

[mister_pink]

Woah, maybe this should be a feature request or something to do this a bit more easily. I don't think you can really say that people from country X think the week starts on day Y. If you asked people in the UK, half would say Monday, half would say Saturday and anyone from my uni would say Thursday! (don't ask) So it shouldn't really be a localisation issue.

I had a look in gconf editor thinking it would be in there, that would make much more sense. But really you should just be able to right click and select preferences.

[drs305]

Woah, maybe this should be a feature request or something to do this a bit more easily.

I agree - it would be nice to just right click and set it in the calendar. If you use the command line instructions above, you can probably accomplish it in less a minute or two. The problem is finding the commands ...

[mkarnicki]

@drs305 YES ! Thank you for your helpful post! Finally there was someone who actually knew where to look for that option ^-^ This will make my life easier haha Your post has been thanked!

Have a lovely day ^_^

// I prefer using en_US locale, although I'm a Pole, and Monday is the first day in Poland by default

[Stefanie]

Here is how to change the gnome calendar first day of the week to Monday:

Check which locale you are using (mine is en_US, don't worry about the .UTF ending):

locale

Next, edit the applicable locale file (for me, en_US, use the result of the previous command if not en_US):

gksudo gedit /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US

Locate the follwoing line and change the value to 2:

first_weekday 2

Save the file and then:

Update the locales:

sudo locale-gen

Refresh the desktop:

killall gnome-panel

The first day should now be Monday

this is great, you should post it in the subforum "tutorials and tips" and it should be made tutorial of the week

[berov]

Well, I hope someone reads this.

For example, I do not want to change the global settings.
How to do this locally for me only.

I have done the following on the commandline:

berov@berov-laptop:~$ vim ~/.profile
#added the following line in my .profile file
export  LC_TIME="bg_BG.UTF-8"
#OR if you want the clock to be in english
export  LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"
#save the file and exit
:x

Log Out and then Log In again

Now Monday is the first day of the week.
It is still a hack but does not change the global settings.

[drs305]

berov,

thanks for sharing that. the more options the better.