Changing date format?

[bjorntj]

I don't like the date format so I have found the file I need to change to change the date format to dd.MM.yyyy and it is working fine... The problem is that this file is overwritten during updates...
Can I assume that this file is the same in all versions or do I need to change this file after every update?
btw, the file I change is /usr/share/enigma2/ViX-Common/CommonSkin.xml


BTJ

[Rob van der Does]

You should make a user skin file for this.

[bjorntj]

Any pointers to where I can find more information about this?

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[bjorntj]

Ok, just copied the two directories for the Night skin and renamed to my own name and changed the path used in CommonSkin and it seems to work... :)

BTJ

[Rob van der Does]

Any changes to a system file (like you did in common skin) will be lost on an update. What you should do is
1- create a 'skin_user_{name of current skin}.xml' (i.e. for ViX-Night you would have: skin_user_ViX_Night_HD.xml);
2- in that file you place all the screens you want to take precedence over the system skin;
3- ftp the file to etc/enigma2, and
4- restart E2.

Now the screens in that file will always override the screens in the skin in use. And a settings backup will save this file as well, so on a restoere you get it back, and on an image update it doesn't get lost.