- Package:
- <gnome-shell>
- Source:
- <gnome-shell>
- Submitter:
- Mohamed Ala Belgacem
- Date:
- 2026-03-17 10:55:03 UTC
- Severity:
- normal
- Tags:
so this is my first time reporting a bug the clock is inverted its showing 40:21 instead of 21:40 (its the same case using am/pm) system details : # System Details Report --- ## Report details - **Date generated:** 2025-12-13 21:52:57 ## Hardware Information: - **Hardware Model:** BIOSTAR Group H61MLV3 - **Memory:** 8.0 GiB - **Processor:** Intel® Core™ i3-3220 × 4 - **Graphics:** OLAND - **Disk Capacity:** 820.2 GB ## Software Information: - **Firmware Version:** 4.6.5 - **OS Name:** Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) - **OS Build:** (null) - **OS Type:** 64-bit - **GNOME Version:** 48 - **Windowing System:** Wayland - **Kernel Version:** Linux 6.12.57+deb13-amd64 pls fix
Control: retitle -1 gnome-shell: clock shows minutes on the left, hour on the right in Arabic(?) locale
Control: tags -1 + trixie moreinfo
What is the output of the "locale" command in a terminal?
From the text in your screenshot next to the clock, I would guess the
locale might be Arabic or maybe Farsi, which are written right-to-left
if I understand correctly?
Are times normally shown left-to-right (hour on the left) in countries
that use these languages/scripts?
I believe the clock as displayed in GNOME Shell comes from the
localization files in the gnome-desktop package. The Arabic, Farsi and
Hebrew localizations in that package have some overrides to force the
formatting of the clock (Hebrew is another right-to-left language) but
perhaps they are not working as intended.
smcv