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fixit

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Registered: 2015-01-19

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Change format for date for thunar

I would like to change the Date Modified field to show in this format.

Mon Feb 25 2019

Can it be done?

Thanks

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ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Change format for date for thunar

Which version of thunar?
As of version 1.8.2, you can specify a custom date format in Preferences > Display tab > Date > format.

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fixit

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Re: Change format for date for thunar

It does not have a choice for the format I want. Month day year

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ToZ

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Re: Change format for date for thunar

What version of Thunar are you using?

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fixit

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Re: Change format for date for thunar

1.6.15

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ToZ

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Re: Change format for date for thunar

I don't see any way to do it with that version of Thunar. With version 1.8.2 or later, you can specify a custom date format to use for the display.

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fixit

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Re: Change format for date for thunar

How do I get version 1.8.2?

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alcornoqui

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Re: Change format for date for thunar

Depends on your distro: https://pkgs.org/download/thunar

fixit

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Re: Change format for date for thunar

I have Ubuntu Mate 18.04. (amd 64)

That link does not have version 1.8.2.

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alcornoqui

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Re: Change format for date for thunar

You can find it in the Xubuntu QA Experimental PPA: https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-dev/+arc … perimental

Tell us how it goes!

fixit

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Re: Change format for date for thunar

Thanks.

So far version 1.8.2 is working great.

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alcornoqui

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Re: Change format for date for thunar

Great! Thanks for reporting.