wrong date format in "ls -la" output

[RainerT]

Binary package hint: bash

My system is set to german output but the long ls listing shows wrong/us date format:

tr@tr-ubuntu:~$ env|grep LANG
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
GDM_LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
tr@tr-ubuntu:~$ date
Mi 14. Apr 11:13:46 CEST 2010
tr@tr-ubuntu:~$ touch myFile
tr@tr-ubuntu:~$ ls -la myFile
-rw-r--r-- 1 tr tr 0 2010-04-14 11:13 myFile

Here is an example of Redhat EL5 which gives different/right output:
tr@tr-ubuntu:~$ ssh xxx
tr@xxx's password:
Last login: Wed Apr 14 11:12:53 2010 from yyy
[tr@xxx ~]$ touch myFile
[tr@xxx ~]$ ls -la myFile
-rw-rw-r-- 1 tr tr 0 14. Apr 11:15 myFile
[tr@xxx ~]$ env|grep LANG
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 14 11:07:53 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: bash 4.0-5ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: bash
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686

[Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus)]

More information about your environment is required. Could you please run `locale' on Ubuntu and Red Hat and provide the two outputs. LANG isn't used if some other variables are set; see locale(7).

[Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus)]

Also, ls's output isn't a bash issue, but the package coreutils; this bug should probably be re-assigned unless you think it's bash setting the environment up incorrectly.

[RainerT (tr-ml)]

Yes, then this probably should be reassigned to coreutils.

Here's the ubuntu 9.10 output from a direct ssh logon:
rtraut@tr-ubuntu:~$ locale
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

[RainerT (tr-ml)]

And here's from RHEL5 direct ssh:
[rtraut@wwwtest ~]$ locale
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="de_DE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

looks the same to me.

[Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus)]

Agreed, they're the same.

[Maik Wagner (mtwagner)]

Confirming in latest "bionic". The day of the month should be before the name of the month.

root@v22017054636649512:~# env|grep LANG
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
root@v22017054636649512:~# date
So 24. Dez 22:20:09 CET 2017
root@v22017054636649512:~# touch myFile
root@v22017054636649512:~# ls -la myFile
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Dez 24 22:20 myFile

[Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus)]

Hi Maik, If you think you are confirming the original bug report still exists then you need to change the status above from `New' to `Confirmed'.