Is there a way to use the ISO8601 date and time format?
[+%a %F %T %:::z] {Sun 2016-02-21 17:33:29 -07} is my preferred format, but I have no idea where or how to make the required modifications so that this format will be universally and permanently displayed.
Assuming you want the date printed in the so called "international format" or "internet format", the correct terminal command(s) for GNU Linux is/are:
date +%y/%m/%d
16/02/20
or
date +%G/%m/%d
2016/02/20
whichever year format you prefer.
man date will provide you additional information
Using "man date", found something that seems to work in terminal, but nowhere else. I even tried to re-boot to see if it would change anything, but I saw no difference.
$ date +%a %F %T %:::z
Sun 2016-02-21 17:33:29 -07
$ date
Sun Feb 21 17:33:44 MST 2016
$
Would seem that I need to enter the format in a file somewhere.
Do I need to enter it in multiple files for every program that invokes date and time?
Interesting command, but the problem is formatting the display of date and time everywhere. So far, the only place I can change the format is in the terminal and it is a one time modification of format that is not permanent and does not change the display anywhere else. This does not change the display format in terminal, as shown above. My preference is Sun 2016-02-21 17:33:29 -07, but unless I know what file(s) to modify, I will be unable to implement a permanent change of format anywhere.
OK, I now better understand what you want. What you what to do is actually to change you environment variable LC_TIME to en_DK.UTF-8. Type locale or locale | grep TIME to find out your current setting. you try this: localectl set-locale LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8. Logoff and on again to see if it works. Settings are written to /etc/locale.conf
If that doesn't work, than Gnome is probably overwriting this setting with whatever your define in gnome. @masteroman is suggesting here to set Gnome's Language to en_DK but that has a whole lot of other implications. Instead, you could follow this guide here.
If you want to use it in Gnome to display date in that format you could select "Denmark (English)" under Settings > Region & Language > Formats
Source: Arch Wiki
Seems that all of my answers were deleted. Need to know what file and where the file should be located to effect a change. Knowing what to enter does not help if there is no data as to where it is to be entered. I hope that this comment is not deleted so I may get a useful answer.
I tried Settings > Region & Language > Formats and previewed DK and found too many unacceptable differences. I was unable to find en_DK.utf8 or even en_US.utf8, but I did find en_US that has options for changing the time format. Unfortunately, it seems the calls for the format are not directed there. I need to find the script for the calls and change en_US.utf8 and change it to en_US so the calls are directed to where the formats reside.
I noticed that en_US uses ISO8601, so very little modification was required. I even entered comments that translate unicode into human readable format.
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In what context? Where would you like to use it? Your question could need some improvement, although I applaud your desire to use the web’s date format.
Would like all dates and times to be formatted ddd YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss ±hh:mm Three character day of the week, four digit year, two digit month, two digit day, two digit hour (0-23), two digit minute, two digit second. The last time I entered this data, I included the reason, which may be why the comment was deleted.
But where? In what GUI? Which desktop do you use? Etc.
I am new to fedora. I want to implement the change everywhere date and time are displayed.
The following was found in All Settings/Details/Overview. Perhaps this will answer some of your questions. Looks like it needs a fixed width font to display properly.
OS Fedora 20
Device name localhost.localdomain
Memory 34.4 GiB
Processor AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor x 8
OS Type 64-bit
Graphics Gallium 0.4 on AMD PITCAIRN
Gnome Version 3.10.2
Disk 2.0 TB
Must I continue to deal with unfamiliar date formats? Nothing I tried so far has worked.