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I have chosen to use English (United States) as system language. I'm in Belgium so I still want to use Belgian formats for dates, numbers and amounts. However, the only choice I have is German Belgian formats which means dates are shown in German in stead of Belgian/English format.


Belgium has 3 official languages (Dutch +-60%, French +-40% and German <1%) -> so it's weird to default to de_BE as format ideally it should be en_BE or if not possible nl_BE or fr_BE and all xx_BE formats should be possible to choose.


Date is now shown as: Dez 12 (Dezember is German). I want the date to be shown as Dec 12 (English format or if not possible then I'd like to use Dutch format for the date).


When searching for Belg... formats there is only Belgien (German for Belgium) there is no English, Dutch nor French option for Belgian formats


See region & language dialog box


A workaround is to install extra languages (French and/or Dutch) which requires extra locale software to be installed. In that case it is possible to select French and Dutch language Belgian formats - it's however still not possible to select English-Belgian formats.


region & language dialog when English, Dutch and French languages are installed


-> remaining issues



  1. When just US English is installed -> only German Belgian formats are available to select - others should be selectable and German is not a good default: it should be English, Dutch or French (defaulting to French or Dutch may be politically sensitive in Belgium :-|)



  2. Even with English, French and Dutch languages installed, it's still not possible to select English-Belgian formats.




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The typical installation does not include regional formats.



  1. Go to Settings -> Region & Language -> Manage installed languages -> Install



  2. Then: Install/Remove languages -> Dutch. In Regional formats, select Nederlands (België)



  3. Logout and login.




Your calendar should be in Dutch.


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