I must admit I'm also pretty shocked by Jakub's laissez faire attitude, and also how sure he is that *everyone* in a given country always uses the same format - as if it's governed by law or an international standard that the US/UK will use 12hr clocks! Argh!!!! His suggested workaround (with no apparent acknowledgement of the problem) where we set our region to Germany and thus alter the date/time settings staggered me - that's fine as a temporary fix, but please acknowledge/accept this is a real problem and prioritise a fix rather than dismiss it as not a problem.

I just hope Jakub is not responsible for this component in Maemo and that someone more worldy-wise can push it forward.