htmldoc ignoring LC_TIME for date format

Question

I'm running the following Perl code to create a PDF file.

{
    local $ENV{LC_TIME} = 'de_DE.utf8';
    system qw(htmldoc --quiet --webpage -t pdf --jpeg --no-link --header .D. --footer .D/ --outfile), "$filename.pdf", $filename;
}

It works on my local machine, the date is formatted as 12.02.2013 15:18:19 in both header and footer.

As soon as I run the script on the remote server, I get 02/12/13 15:10:25.

Why is htmldoc ignoring the LC_TIME value?

"locale" already returns LC_TIME="de_DE.utf8" on both my local machine and the server, by the way.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '13 at 19:38

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your server possibly defines LC_ALL which has precedence over category-specific locale settings.

answered Feb 12 '13 at 19:38

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Thank you! I just set LC_ALL to de_DE.utf8 in the perl script instead of LC_TIME and now it works. – seepheart Feb 12 '13 at 23:57

htmldoc ignoring LC_TIME for date format

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