[GH-ISSUE #5522] [Bug]: Date locale is different from text #51495

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opened 2026-04-30 18:05:26 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 3 comments
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Originally created by @j-maas on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/5522

Verified issue does not already exist?

  • I have searched and found no existing issue

What happened?

I noticed that the relative date string was in German, while the text was in English:

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(I noticed this while making a PR, #5521, to enhance the reconciliation date. But the screenshot is from master.)

How can we reproduce the issue?

  1. In Firefox on Pop_OS, set your display language to English but your page language to German: Image
  2. Open an account's transaction where a reconciliation has happened.
  3. Notice the mixed locales in the date.

Where are you hosting Actual?

Locally via Yarn

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Firefox

Operating System

Linux

Originally created by @j-maas on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/5522 ### Verified issue does not already exist? - [x] I have searched and found no existing issue ### What happened? I noticed that the relative date string was in German, while the text was in English: <img width="464" height="162" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6ca5f217-abee-4cf8-89f6-26b0ef6a8192" /> (I noticed this while making a PR, #5521, to enhance the reconciliation date. But the screenshot is from master.) ### How can we reproduce the issue? 1. In Firefox on Pop_OS, set your display language to English but your page language to German: <img width="1946" height="1132" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dde7053e-ed65-4403-b83c-147f0dd8aded" /> 2. Open an account's transaction where a reconciliation has happened. 3. Notice the mixed locales in the date. ### Where are you hosting Actual? Locally via Yarn ### What browsers are you seeing the problem on? Firefox ### Operating System Linux
GiteaMirror added the needs infobug labels 2026-04-30 18:05:27 -05:00
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@j-maas commented on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025):

This is a minor inconvenience for an edge case! I just thought I should report it as reference in case there are other issues with locale mismatch. Feel free to close this. :)

<!-- gh-comment-id:3167262165 --> @j-maas commented on GitHub (Aug 8, 2025): This is a minor inconvenience for an edge case! I just thought I should report it as reference in case there are other issues with locale mismatch. Feel free to close this. :)
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@matt-fidd commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2025):

Not looked into this, but off the top of my head we use date-fns for localisation of the date string, and the rest is handled by i18next and weblate. I imagine there's a mismatch there but again, I've not checked any code.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3170363566 --> @matt-fidd commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2025): Not looked into this, but off the top of my head we use date-fns for localisation of the date string, and the rest is handled by i18next and weblate. I imagine there's a mismatch there but again, I've not checked any code.
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@youngcw commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2025):

I'm not seeing this on edge. So either the code has been updated, or the translation was added.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3172001779 --> @youngcw commented on GitHub (Aug 9, 2025): I'm not seeing this on edge. So either the code has been updated, or the translation was added.
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Reference: github-starred/actual#51495