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<div class="hgroup pagewide"><h1 class="title"><span class="title">Change date and measurement formats</span></h1></div>
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<p class="p">You can control the formats that are used for dates, times, numbers,
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currency, and measurement to match the local customs of your region.</p>
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<div class="steps"><div class="inner"><div class="region"><ol class="steps">
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Open the <span class="gui"><a href="shell-introduction.html.kn#activities" title="Activities overview">Activities</a></span> overview and
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start typing <span class="gui">Region & Language</span>.</p></li>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Click on <span class="gui">Region & Language</span> to open the panel.</p></li>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Click <span class="gui">Formats</span>.</p></li>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Under <span class="gui">Common Formats</span>, select the region and language that most
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closely matches the formats you would like to use.</p></li>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Click <span class="gui">Done</span> to save.</p></li>
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<li class="steps"><p class="p">Your session needs to be restarted for changes to take effect. Either click
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<p class="p">After you have selected a region, the area to the right of the list shows
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various examples of how dates and other values are shown. Although not shown
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in the examples, your region also controls the starting day of the week in
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<a href="prefs-language.html.kn" title="Region & Language">Region & Language</a><span class="desc"> — Set your preferred languages, regions, formats, and keyboard layouts.</span>
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<div class="title"><h2><span class="title">ಇದನ್ನೂ ಸಹ ನೋಡಿ</span></h2></div>
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<a href="session-language.html.kn" title="Change which language you use">Change which language you use</a><span class="desc"> — Switch to a different language for user interface and help
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