Configurable date format for thunderbird

[ig_jh]

It would be nice if you could set a different date format that is not tied to the application/system locale. This could apply for the mailbox views or for replies/forward texts

[Jon]

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[CompileNix]

Is this what you might be looking for?

https://kb.mozillazine.org/Date_display_format#Configuring_the_date/time_system_settings_on_your_com...

I.e.:

intl.date_time.pattern_override.date_short = YYYY-MM-dd
intl.date_time.pattern_override.time_short = HH:mm