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  <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>

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    <desc>Choose a region used for date and time, numbers, currency,
    and measurement.</desc>
  </info>

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

  <p>You can control the formats that are used for dates, times, numbers,
  currency, and measurement to match the local customs of your region.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Åbn <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Aktivitetsoversigten</gui> og begynd at skrive <gui>Region &amp; sprog</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click on <gui>Region &amp; Language</gui> to open the panel.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Formats</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>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"><span its:translate="yes">…</span></media></gui>
      at the bottom of the list to select from all available regions and
      languages.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui style="button">Done</gui> to save.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>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.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>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.</p>

</page>
