Bug 485187 - No Date In Message List or Message Preview Pane
Summary: No Date In Message List or Message Preview Pane
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 483782
Alias: None
Product: kmail2
Classification: Applications
Component: message list (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 6.0.1
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2024-04-07 15:18 UTC by Garry Williams
Modified: 2025-08-11 14:48 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Message List + Preview No Date (247.25 KB, image/png)
2024-04-08 08:37 UTC, Garry Williams 		Details
Message Window (142.06 KB, image/png)
2024-04-08 08:37 UTC, Garry Williams 		Details
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Description Garry Williams 2024-04-07 15:18:10 UTC 
SUMMARY
Date is missing

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: Fedora Linux 40
KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2
Kernel Version: 6.8.2-300.fc40.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz
Memory: 15.1 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Product Name: XPS 13 9370
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Laurent Montel 2024-04-08 06:24:09 UTC 
For each message ?
Screenshot please.
Comment 2 Garry Williams 2024-04-08 08:37:20 UTC 
Created attachment 168280 [details]
Message List + Preview No Date
Comment 3 Garry Williams 2024-04-08 08:37:58 UTC 
Created attachment 168281 [details]
Message Window
Comment 4 Garry Williams 2024-06-11 20:40:26 UTC 
It is still  the case that no message preview screen has a date in the header area.  It is still the case that all message list rows have no date.

Can I provide anything else?
Comment 5 Niels 2024-06-20 14:40:58 UTC 
I have the same problem with Kmail 6.1.0 on Fedora 40.
Comment 6 Niels 2024-10-12 08:00:29 UTC 
Still no dates with Kmail 6.2.1 (24.08.1) on KDE 6.2.0 on Fedora 40.
Comment 7 Garry Williams 2024-12-15 20:24:14 UTC 
I reported this bug in April.  It has still not been addressed.  The dates on messages were properly displayed in the message list and in the message itself until some change around April caused all dates to be omitted anywhere in kmail.
Comment 8 Sune Vuorela 2025-01-23 09:16:57 UTC 
Seems to also be reported in Debian as https://bugs.debian.org/1093654
Comment 9 Niels 2025-07-21 04:41:55 UTC 
Still no dates with Kmail 6.4.3 (25.04.3).

Operating System: Fedora Linux 42
KDE Plasma Version: 6.4.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.16.0
Qt Version: 6.9.1
Kernel Version: 6.15.6-200.fc42.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Comment 10 nine 2025-08-11 14:45:15 UTC 
I have the same problem, but it seems there's a workaround. I got the dates back in the message lists by going to Settings/Appearance/Message List and selecting a different format in "Date Display". It was "Smart Format" and dates came back once I selected "Localized Format" instead and hit Apply. Intriguingly going back to "Smart Format" actually kept the dates. This suggests that it might be an upgrade issue.

For the Message view itself it seems like setting a different theme in View/Headers does the trick. Fancy Headers is broken, but Standard Headers and KMail Enhanced Dark do display the date.
Comment 11 nine 2025-08-11 14:48:03 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 483782 ***