Bug 471085 - Date Format for de_DE.UTF8 should follow the German Standard DIN 5008:2020-03
Summary: Date Format for de_DE.UTF8 should follow the German Standard DIN 5008:2020-03
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: kde
Classification: I don't know
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: openSUSE Linux
: NOR normal
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Reported: 2023-06-15 16:47 UTC by Don Curtis
Modified: 2023-06-17 06:25 UTC (History)
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Description Don Curtis 2023-06-15 16:47:18 UTC 
SUMMARY
The German Standard DIN 5008:2020-03 is perfectly clear:

* German systems shall display the date in the ISO 8601 format - YYYY-MM-DD

An exception is allowed only for correspondence within the German borders:
For historical reasons, the date format DD.MM.YYYY is allowed for correspondence within the German borders.

REQUEST:

Please the Date/Time format for Germany - de_DE.UTF8 to conform with the German Standard DIN 5008:2020-03.
Comment 1 Tobias Fella 2023-06-16 09:19:35 UTC 
DD.MM.YYYY is significantly more common in germany than YYYY-MM-DD and we don't have to adhere to standards.

If you want a different date format on your machine, you can change it locally.
Comment 2 Don Curtis 2023-06-16 13:47:46 UTC 
Please note that, the openSUSE Forum discussion "Locale-gen not found" is discussing this issue.
<https://forums.opensuse.org/t/locale-gen-not-found/166811>
Comment 3 Luca 2023-06-17 06:25:28 UTC 
(In reply to Tobias Fella from comment #1)
> DD.MM.YYYY is significantly more common in germany than YYYY-MM-DD and we

Verifiable statistics, please. Otherwise I can just say the exact opposite.