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by wtbob 3348 days ago
> No, no, a thousand times NO. Location should NOT EVER be used as a basis for things like units, currency, date format etc.

I completely agree. I'm located in the U.S. and use dollars and English customary units, but I prefer German-style dates and British spelling. Displaying metres and Celsius to me because I prefer to spell 'colour' properly is stupid.
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kartickv 3348 days ago
If that's what you prefer, change the settings. Saying that the majority of Americans (to use your example) should be defaulted to British spelling because of edge cases like yourself is stupid, to use your language.

And that's all my original post talks about — defaults. I never said you shouldn't be allowed to change them.

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wtbob 3345 days ago
My problem is that many systems just use location — they don't let me override the defaults.
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