# Problem with Showtime applet when language set to german

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-with-showtime-applet-when-language-set-to-german/1839>\
**Category:** Budgie Applets\
**Created:** [April 25, 2019, 9:29am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-with-showtime-applet-when-language-set-to-german/1839 "2019-04-25T09:29:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![tomdoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@tomdoe](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/tomdoe)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 9:29am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-with-showtime-applet-when-language-set-to-german/1839/1 "2019-04-25T09:29:14Z")

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After upgrading from Ubuntu Budgie 18.10 to 19.04, showtime now displays the date incompletely when global language preference is set to german (Germany) e.g. today it shows “Donnerstag April” instead of “Donnerstag 25 April”. If i switch the global language to english (UK) it works properly and shows the expected “Thursday 25 April”. The version of showtime shipped with Ubuntu Budgie 18.10 worked perfectly with german language settings.

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**Author:** ![vlijm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/vlijm/32/34_2.png) [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-with-showtime-applet-when-language-set-to-german/1839/2 "2019-04-25T09:50:36Z")

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Could you run in a terminal and post the output of `locale date_fmt`?

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**Author:** ![tomdoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@tomdoe](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/tomdoe)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-with-showtime-applet-when-language-set-to-german/1839/3 "2019-04-25T10:19:22Z")

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> [@vlijm](#):
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> locale date\_fmt

```
 ~$ locale date_fmt
%a %-d. %b %H:%M:%S %Z %Y

```

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**Author:** ![vlijm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/vlijm/32/34_2.png) [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-with-showtime-applet-when-language-set-to-german/1839/4 "2019-04-25T18:18:51Z")

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Ah, ok, variations are unpredictable. Didn’t count on the dot after `%-d`. Will fix. Thanks for mentioning!

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**Author:** ![tomdoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@tomdoe](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/tomdoe)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-with-showtime-applet-when-language-set-to-german/1839/5 "2019-05-13T10:59:13Z")

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It works now. Thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![vlijm](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/vlijm/32/34_2.png) [@vlijm](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/vlijm)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-with-showtime-applet-when-language-set-to-german/1839/6 "2019-05-13T11:36:04Z")

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Greatgreat. Thanks for mentioning! The latest fix should fix all possible situations.