


The most useful preferences are intl.date_time.pattern_override.date_short and intl.date_time.pattern_override.time_short. For the preference values, you need to use valid Unicode date field symbols like yyyy-MM-dd, as listed in the Date Field Symbol Table.The following string preferences are supported by the platform:
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This feature is available starting from Thunderbird 91, soon available for download from (until then, try it in Thunderbird 91 beta). You need to create these preferences and set them to your preferred format. Thunderbird's date and time format override preferences will allow you to apply date and time formats which are different and independent of those defined by the regional localizations available in your operating system or Thunderbird. So if you are looking for an easy way to clarify your dates and times without resorting to Swedish regional settings, Thunderbird's date and time format override preferences will come in handy.Ĭreate date and time format override preferences using Thunderbird's Config Editor Similarly, the English time 12 PM might leave many guessing if that's 12 noon or 12 midnight. Whilst such regional formats might be well understood in their original regions, they can be ambiguous in international contexts, for example due to the inversion of day and month in English, or (if you're used to that) the absence of inversion in German, and the strange dots in between. Thunderbird will then format date and time according to your regional choice, for example: Intl.regional_e_os_locales = false (modified: Use current Application locale of Thunderbird)

Intl.regional_e_os_locales = true (default: Use Regional Settings locale of operating system) This will reflect in the underlying Thunderbird preference: Note: You need to restart Thunderbird for any changes to date and time formats to take effect!
