Hello Glenn,
the system locale solely should affect the output language of error messages on the CLI.
The date format, if I'm not mistaken, will be policed by the language settings of the browser used with the web-based GUI and/or the OS regional settings.
I haven't tried this yet, but I believe English (Ireland) might be an alternative.
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Christian Schroeder
IBM SpecV Storage Support with Passion
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