HOW TO: Change date format on Home tab (TF3D)

[freeza]

This is how to change the default "Month, Day, Year"; i.e. "Oct 17, 2009" to something else. It involves editing a single manila file with Notepad.

The file in question is: 590ad244_manila

Steps:
1. Copy 590ad244_manila from your device's Windows directory with File Explorer (may not work), Resco Explorer, OR Total Commander.
2. Open it with Notepad.
3. Find this line:<trans-unit id="IDS_DATEFORMAT">
<source>MMM d, yyyy</source>
4. Change it to whatever you want. MMMM = Full month, YY = 2 digit year, DDD = first 3 letters of the day. So, DDD, MMMM d, yyyy would give you Sat, October 17, 2009, and DDDD, MMM d, yy would give you Saturday, Oct 17, 09; etc.
5. Save the file. (it's read only so you will have to make it writable by right clicking the file, going to properties, then unchecking the read-only attribute)
Optional two steps (one of the two is required):
6. Disable TF3D by going into settings>today>items>uncheck TouchFLO 3d
6b. Copy back to device replacing the one in Windows
6c. Re-enable TF3D
OR
6. Copy back to device replacing the one in Windows
6b. Soft-reset device.

[japper88]

Originally Posted by freeza

This is how to change the default "Month, Day, Year"; i.e. "Oct 17, 2009" to something else. It involves editing a single manila file with Notepad.

The file in question is: 590ad244_manila

Steps:
1. Copy 590ad244_manila from your device's Windows directory with File Explorer (may not work), Resco Explorer, OR Total Commander.
2. Open it with Notepad.
3. Find this line:<trans-unit id="IDS_DATEFORMAT">
<source>MMM d, yyyy</source>
4. Change it to whatever you want. MMMM = Full month, YY = 2 digit year, DDD = full day. So, DDD, MMMM d, yyyy would give you Sat, October 17, 2009, and DDDD, MMM d, yy would give you Saturday, Oct 17, 09; etc.
5. Save the file. (it's read only so you will have to make it writable by right clicking the file, going to properties, then unchecking the read-only attribute)
Optional two steps (one of the two is required):
6. Disable TF3D by going into settings>today>items>uncheck TouchFLO 3d
6b. Copy back to device replacing the one in Windows
6c. Re-enable TF3D
OR
6. Copy back to device replacing the one in Windows
6b. Soft-reset device.

FYI DDD does not = day, but ddd = first 3 letters of the day. But thanks, I made the changes to that manila file in Manila 2.1 and now it works. Displaying "Thu, Jan 7, 2010"
screen shot:

[chrisloveskaos]

cool thx for the info
hey freeza i love that start menu icon. can u post ip? and the slider looks nice aswell..your work?

[freeza]

Originally Posted by japper88

FYI DDD does not = day, but ddd = first 3 letters of the day.

Correct! I don't know what I was thinking.

Originally Posted by chrisloveskaos

cool thx for the info
hey freeza i love that start menu icon. can u post ip? and the slider looks nice aswell..your work?

Hey thanks! the icon is my 'logo' so to speak, and the sliders were made by someone on XDA. I can't for the life of me remember who though. And that is Manila 2.1 (not Sense) so i'm not sure if you'd still want them.

[chrisloveskaos]

Originally Posted by freeza

Hey thanks! the icon is my 'logo' so to speak, and the sliders were made by someone on XDA. I can't for the life of me remember who though. And that is Manila 2.1 (not Sense) so i'm not sure if you'd still want them.

you are correct but thxs... want to try your rom when you cab up 2.5 ..
cant wait....

[kasim]

I was looking for it for a while.
I've change regional settings, but it reflects entire phone, like messaging and emails and other staff.

But this solution WORKED for me.
I have tf3d 2.1 Win 6.1