Ubuntu – Monday as first day in Gnome-Shell (instead of Sunday)

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I've been dealing with different regional settings (US, Canada and other locations in English, as well as other countries and languages), but I cannot get Gnome-shell Calendar to begin with Monday, instead of Sunday (see image). I have even modified the en_US file in /usr/share/i18n/locales/ (line: first workday: 1). All without success. My question is if it is hard-coded in Gnome-shell or it can be changed.

Answers to this previous question doesn't apply to Gnome-shell.

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To adjust this, change or add the following lines in the LC_TIME section in /usr/share/i18n/locales/<your_locale>:

week            7;19971130;5
first_weekday   2
first_workday   2

And then update the system:

sudo locale-gen

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Here's another solution, also from Ubuntu Forums. I think this is somewhat cleaner and more robust: it doesn't involve customizing Ubuntu's locale files (only settings that you're supposed to edit).

Gnome calendar applet adheres to your locale settings. In Ubuntu, you can assign locale components by editing the file /etc/default/locale. Here is what I've got there:
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB.UTF-8"
Which means: I want software messages in American, but time, paper size and units in British i.e.weeks starting with Mondays, A4, metric.

Props to artm who posted that!

Of course, LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8" is the relevant setting to get weeks to start on Mondays.

You need to log out and back in for the change to take effect.

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Setting this at the system level should also affect the calendar in Unity.

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