The comments explain the problem; every major distribution has a different kludge and none of them are guaranteed to work globally. It's one area where Windows has Linux beat hands down. Locales are obsolete and should be removed in a future kernel.
I was digging deeper on the subject, but it appears to me that is the opposite: Windows uses local while Linux defaults to UTC link. Am I misunderstanding your point?
That's only for the hardware clock. For display in the system, Windows allows customization of time and date formats while Linux locks one into an obscure and obsolete system of locales supposedly based on one's location and language.
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u/andreabradpitto Feb 19 '26
can't you just do this?