gnome clock 'copy date' ignores custom format

[Max Waterman]

run gconf and change the clock app's format to a custom one. On my system (ubuntu 11.04 using custom desktop) it is /apps/panel/applets/applet_0/prefs. Enter 'custom' for 'format' and (eg) '%Y/%b/%d (%a)' for 'custom_format'. Quit gconf.

You should see the custom format displayed in the clock as (eg) '2011/Oct/21 (Fri)'.

Now, right click on the clock and select 'copy date'. Paste somewhere.

Observe that instead of '2011/Oct/21 (Fri)' you get 'Friday, 21 October 2011'.

Please consider implementing a change to make the 'copy date' option copy what is displayed and not ... something else.

Clock 2.32.1 - difficult to tell what package this is in (would be nice to have in the 'about'), but I'm guessing it is /usr/lob/gnome-panel/clock-applet which is part of gnome-panel versino 1:2.32.1-0ubuntu6.5.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Thales MG (thalesmg)]

I use Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome Classic and I'm also affected by this bug.
I see this bug is quite old... Can't anyone fix this??
Also, it seems to ignore locale settings... But that is another bug...