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I recently installed 14.04, and my date/time display is unnecessarily localized. Upon installation, I chose Colombo as my location:

location

Now the date/time is displayed in localized form (Sinhala language). I don't remember choosing a language any other than English (US).

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How do I revert this to show date/time display in English (US)?

Edit: Executing locale on console produces following:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC=si_LK
LC_TIME=si_LK
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY=si_LK
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER=si_LK
LC_NAME=si_LK
LC_ADDRESS=si_LK
LC_TELEPHONE=si_LK
LC_MEASUREMENT=si_LK
LC_IDENTIFICATION=si_LK
LC_ALL=
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  • Type locale to see what is set by default.
    – cuonglm
    Sep 9, 2014 at 1:49
  • @Gnouc: I can see that several LC_* variables are set to si_LK. Added info to the question. Sep 9, 2014 at 14:35

2 Answers 2

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Go to System settings and select Language Support app then do the steps like in screen shot:

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Then restart the system for the change to take effect.

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    Thanks, this works, but restart is required. Sep 9, 2014 at 14:54
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LC_TIME=si_LK affects your time output. Try:

LC_TIME=en_us ls -l

To make permanent changes, edit your /etc/default/locale.

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