Looking for date-time default formats OS X 10.8 & earlier
I use Quicken for Mac 2007 (Intel) on my iMac and works well. But, on my Mac Mini it shows dates in US (M/DY) format instead of the system default D/M/Y.
Both my iMac and Mac Mini are running OS X 10.10.4. However, the iMac first ran OS X 10.6 and has been incrementally upgraded since while the Mac Mini started with OS X 10.9.
There must be something different about my two Macs which explains why Quicken gets date formats right on one but not the other.
Could there be an old plist file somewhere ?
OS X has default date-time formats according to locale. So, if region is set to US, dates are in M/D/Y format by default. If set to Australia, they default to D/M/Y format.
I have looked at all the preferences files but, I can't find where those defaults are stored. I have checked all the files in Library/Preferences and in Home/Library/Preferences. I have especially checked the hidden file ".GlobalPreferences.plist" in both folders. I've found that customised date-time formats are stored in Home/Library/Preferences/.GlobalPreferences.plist - suggesting that customisations are on a per user basis. But, both Macs are set to the defaults.
But, if there are no customisations, date-time formats don't seem to be stored anywhere. So, where would applications look to find them ?
I believe that something in date-time handling changed with OS X 10.9. So, I need to know how applications used to find default date-time formats in OS X 10.8 and earlier. Does anyone know ?
Thanks.
Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), mid-2011, Core i7, 2.7Ghz, 8Gb