Bug 514892 - Dolphin date configuration choices, iso date time format
Summary: Dolphin date configuration choices, iso date time format
Status: NEEDSINFO WAITINGFORINFO
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2026-01-21 09:10 UTC by phil4000n
Modified: 2026-01-22 10:16 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Thunar choices (26.41 KB, image/webp)
2026-01-21 09:10 UTC, phil4000n
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Description phil4000n 2026-01-21 09:10:24 UTC
Created attachment 188744 [details]
Thunar choices

SUMMARY
Dolphin(25.12, Qt 6.10) can only display datetime as 2 output masks, it laks important one.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. launch Dolphin
2. Configure>Configure Dolphin
3. left pane Display and tab Content display and see what you have for date format.

Now
4. Install Thunar if you haven't.
5. launch Thunar
6. Go to menu Edit>Preferences
7. you ought to be on tab: "Display", see at bottom field "date" and its pull down format menu. Et voilà there you have 8 choices, see attachment, translated from French would be:
today
today with 14:25:55
2026-01-20 14:25:55
01-20-2026 14:25:55
20-01-2026 14:25:55
tue 20 jan 2026 14:25:55
custom
today/custom

EXPECTED RESULT
similar to Thunar, more output mask, esp. iso datetime format and this independently of the local settings.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Just add a pull down menu for date formats to Dolphin Configure, instead of the two radio button choices.
Comment 1 sukhoi 2026-01-21 15:09:27 UTC
Hi. Is this something I can work on and fix?
Comment 2 phil4000n 2026-01-22 10:16:06 UTC
@sukhoi
If you can fix it, do it and request a pull after, because if I could I would do it myself.

Suppose you quickly want to see the latest files/folders modified,
having iso date format (yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss), 
allows you to SORT ON DATE COLUMN, something you CAN'T with the other date formats.
e.g (mm-dd-yyyy).
10-10-2025
10-21-2021
10-24-2010
e.g.(dd-mm-yyyy)
06-09-2025
06-10-2020
06-11-2022