xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"

      type="topic"

      style="task"

      id="session-formats">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="prefs-language"/>

    <link type="seealso" xref="session-language"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.10" version="0.4" date="2013-11-03" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-22" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Shaun McCance</name>

      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>

    <desc>Choose a region used for date and time, numbers, currency,

    and measurement.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Change date and measurement formats</title>

  
You can control the formats that are used for dates, times, numbers,

  currency, and measurement to match the local customs of your region.

  <steps>

    <item>

      
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and

      start typing <gui>Region & Language</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click on <gui>Region & Language</gui> to open the panel.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click <gui>Formats</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Select the region and language that most closely matches the formats

      you would like to use. If your region and language are not listed, click

      <gui><media its:translate="no" type="image" mime="image/svg" src="figures/view-more-symbolic.svg">…</media></gui>

      at the bottom of the list to select from all available regions and

      languages.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click <gui style="button">Done</gui> to save.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Respond to the prompt, <gui>Your session needs to be restarted for

      changes to take effect</gui> by clicking

      <gui style="button">Restart Now</gui>, or click

      <gui style="button">×</gui> to restart later.

    </item>

  </steps>

  
After you have selected a region, the area to the right of the list shows

  various examples of how dates and other values are shown. Although not shown

  in the examples, your region also controls the starting day of the week in

  calendars.

  <note style="tip">

    
If there are multiple user accounts on your system, there is a separate

    instance of the <gui>Region & Language</gui> panel for the login screen.

    Click the <gui>Login Screen</gui> button at the top right to toggle between

    the two instances.

  </note>

</page>