Locale en_NL

I wanted a custom locale for my desktop. Most stuff is straight from en_US, but I've made some modifications.

Most relevantly, the decimal separator is a period and thosuand separator a comma.

Installing

On Fedora 39, copy the file en_NL to /usr/share/i18n/locales

Then, compile and select it:

sudo localedef --no-archive -i en_NL -f UTF-8 en_NL.UTF-8
sudo localectl set-locale en_NL.UTF-8
gsettings set org.gnome.system.locale region "en_NL.utf8"

Then logout and log back in and everything should be changed.

Thanks

Many thanks to this answer on Unix Stack Exchange

en_NL · 3.0 KiB · Text Raw

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LC_IDENTIFICATION
title      "English locale for the Netherlands"
source     "none"
contact    ""
email      "github@cascer1.space"
language   "English"
territory  "Netherlands"
revision   "1.0"
date       "2024-01-10"

category "i18n:2012";LC_IDENTIFICATION
category "i18n:2012";LC_CTYPE
category "i18n:2012";LC_COLLATE
category "i18n:2012";LC_TIME
category "i18n:2012";LC_NUMERIC
category "i18n:2012";LC_MONETARY
category "i18n:2012";LC_MESSAGES
category "i18n:2012";LC_PAPER
category "i18n:2012";LC_NAME
category "i18n:2012";LC_ADDRESS
category "i18n:2012";LC_TELEPHONE
category "i18n:2012";LC_MEASUREMENT
END LC_IDENTIFICATION

LC_CTYPE
% From en_US
copy "i18n"
END LC_CTYPE

LC_COLLATE
% From en_US
copy "iso14651_t1"
END LC_COLLATE

LC_MONETARY
% From nl_NL
int_curr_symbol     "EUR "
currency_symbol     "<U20AC>"
% From en_US
mon_decimal_point   "."
mon_thousands_sep   ","
mon_grouping        3;3
positive_sign       ""
negative_sign       "-"
int_frac_digits     2
frac_digits         2
p_cs_precedes       1
int_p_sep_by_space  1
p_sep_by_space      0
n_cs_precedes       1
int_n_sep_by_space  1
n_sep_by_space      0
p_sign_posn         1
n_sign_posn         1
END LC_MONETARY

LC_NUMERIC
%From en_US
copy "en_US"
END LC_NUMERIC

LC_TIME
% copy "en_GB"
abday       "Sun";"Mon";"Tue";"Wed";"Thu";"Fri";"Sat"
day         "Sunday";/
            "Monday";/
            "Tuesday";/
            "Wednesday";/
            "Thursday";/
            "Friday";/
            "Saturday"
abmon       "Jan";"Feb";/
            "Mar";"Apr";/
            "May";"Jun";/
            "Jul";"Aug";/
            "Sep";"Oct";/
            "Nov";"Dec"
mon         "January";/
            "February";/
            "March";/
            "April";/
            "May";/
            "June";/
            "July";/
            "August";/
            "September";/
            "October";/
            "November";/
            "December"
d_t_fmt     "%a %d %b %Y %T"
date_fmt    "%a %d %b %Y %T %Z"
t_fmt       "%T"
am_pm       "";""
t_fmt_ampm  ""
first_weekday 2
week 7;19971130;4
d_fmt       "%Y-%m-%d"
END LC_TIME

LC_MESSAGES
% From en_US
yesexpr             "^[+1yY]"
noexpr              "^[-0nN]"
yesstr              "yes"
nostr               "no"
END LC_MESSAGES

LC_PAPER
copy "nl_NL"
END LC_PAPER

LC_NAME
% From en_US
name_fmt            "%d%t%g%t%m%t%f"
name_miss           "Miss."
name_mr             "Mr."
name_mrs            "Mrs."
name_ms             "Ms."
% Custom en_NL
name_gen            "Mr./Mrs."
END LC_NAME

LC_ADDRESS
% From en_US
lang_name           "English"
lang_ab             "en"
lang_term           "eng"
lang_lib            "eng"
% From nl_NL
postal_fmt          "%f%N%a%N%d%N%b%N%s %h %e %r%N%z %T%N%c%N"
country_ab2         "NL"
country_ab3         "NLD"
country_num         528
country_car         "NL"
% Custom en_NL
country_name        "Netherlands"
END LC_ADDRESS

LC_TELEPHONE
tel_int_fmt    "+%c %a %l"
int_prefix     "31"
int_select     "00"
tel_dom_fmt    "(%A) %l"
END LC_TELEPHONE

LC_MEASUREMENT
copy "nl_NL"
END LC_MEASUREMENT

1	escape_char /
2	comment_char %
3
4	LC_IDENTIFICATION
5	title "English locale for the Netherlands"
6	source "none"
7	contact ""
8	email "github@cascer1.space"
9	language "English"
10	territory "Netherlands"
11	revision "1.0"
12	date "2024-01-10"
13
14	category "i18n:2012";LC_IDENTIFICATION
15	category "i18n:2012";LC_CTYPE
16	category "i18n:2012";LC_COLLATE
17	category "i18n:2012";LC_TIME
18	category "i18n:2012";LC_NUMERIC
19	category "i18n:2012";LC_MONETARY
20	category "i18n:2012";LC_MESSAGES
21	category "i18n:2012";LC_PAPER
22	category "i18n:2012";LC_NAME
23	category "i18n:2012";LC_ADDRESS
24	category "i18n:2012";LC_TELEPHONE
25	category "i18n:2012";LC_MEASUREMENT
26	END LC_IDENTIFICATION
27
28	LC_CTYPE
29	% From en_US
30	copy "i18n"
31	END LC_CTYPE
32
33	LC_COLLATE
34	% From en_US
35	copy "iso14651_t1"
36	END LC_COLLATE
37
38	LC_MONETARY
39	% From nl_NL
40	int_curr_symbol "EUR "
41	currency_symbol "<U20AC>"
42	% From en_US
43	mon_decimal_point "."
44	mon_thousands_sep ","
45	mon_grouping 3;3
46	positive_sign ""
47	negative_sign "-"
48	int_frac_digits 2
49	frac_digits 2
50	p_cs_precedes 1
51	int_p_sep_by_space 1
52	p_sep_by_space 0
53	n_cs_precedes 1
54	int_n_sep_by_space 1
55	n_sep_by_space 0
56	p_sign_posn 1
57	n_sign_posn 1
58	END LC_MONETARY
59
60	LC_NUMERIC
61	%From en_US
62	copy "en_US"
63	END LC_NUMERIC
64
65	LC_TIME
66	% copy "en_GB"
67	abday "Sun";"Mon";"Tue";"Wed";"Thu";"Fri";"Sat"
68	day "Sunday";/
69	"Monday";/
70	"Tuesday";/
71	"Wednesday";/
72	"Thursday";/
73	"Friday";/
74	"Saturday"
75	abmon "Jan";"Feb";/
76	"Mar";"Apr";/
77	"May";"Jun";/
78	"Jul";"Aug";/
79	"Sep";"Oct";/
80	"Nov";"Dec"
81	mon "January";/
82	"February";/
83	"March";/
84	"April";/
85	"May";/
86	"June";/
87	"July";/
88	"August";/
89	"September";/
90	"October";/
91	"November";/
92	"December"
93	d_t_fmt "%a %d %b %Y %T"
94	date_fmt "%a %d %b %Y %T %Z"
95	t_fmt "%T"
96	am_pm "";""
97	t_fmt_ampm ""
98	first_weekday 2
99	week 7;19971130;4
100	d_fmt "%Y-%m-%d"
101	END LC_TIME
102
103	LC_MESSAGES
104	% From en_US
105	yesexpr "^[+1yY]"
106	noexpr "^[-0nN]"
107	yesstr "yes"
108	nostr "no"
109	END LC_MESSAGES
110
111	LC_PAPER
112	copy "nl_NL"
113	END LC_PAPER
114
115	LC_NAME
116	% From en_US
117	name_fmt "%d%t%g%t%m%t%f"
118	name_miss "Miss."
119	name_mr "Mr."
120	name_mrs "Mrs."
121	name_ms "Ms."
122	% Custom en_NL
123	name_gen "Mr./Mrs."
124	END LC_NAME
125
126	LC_ADDRESS
127	% From en_US
128	lang_name "English"
129	lang_ab "en"
130	lang_term "eng"
131	lang_lib "eng"
132	% From nl_NL
133	postal_fmt "%f%N%a%N%d%N%b%N%s %h %e %r%N%z %T%N%c%N"
134	country_ab2 "NL"
135	country_ab3 "NLD"
136	country_num 528
137	country_car "NL"
138	% Custom en_NL
139	country_name "Netherlands"
140	END LC_ADDRESS
141
142	LC_TELEPHONE
143	tel_int_fmt "+%c %a %l"
144	int_prefix "31"
145	int_select "00"
146	tel_dom_fmt "(%A) %l"
147	END LC_TELEPHONE
148
149	LC_MEASUREMENT
150	copy "nl_NL"
151	END LC_MEASUREMENT