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I want Thunderbird to use a different date/time format. A few minor mods in the .bashrc file and we're good to go.

export LC_TIME=en_DK.utf8 # yyyy-mm-dd 24:mm

But this only works when Thunderbird is launched from the command line. When launched from a desktop menu it remains unchanged.

I've used localectl to modify my login env (which I sorta regret), and I've tried other things as suggested here and here, but I haven't found the magic incantation yet.

So now I'm thinking: if I knew more about how LXDE/Openbox (I get them confused) creates the environment when launching applications, maybe I'd be in a better place to manipulate it. Anyone got any insights they can pass my way?

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To make the change of LC_TIME effective also when launching programs from the graphical environment, put that line in ~/.profile instead of ~/.bashrc.

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