From 48156bb495d8fdf2b7bd967076dfb7237afc1dba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Maeder <thomas.maeder@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 10:56:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] replace AM/PM and MM/DD/YYYY with more human-readable
 formats

---
 update-motd-static.d/20-update |  2 +-
 update-motd.d/10-welcome       |  5 ++++-
 update-motd.d/15-system        | 22 ++++++----------------
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 update-motd-static.d/20-update

diff --git a/update-motd-static.d/20-update b/update-motd-static.d/20-update
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f7bd1cb..708ccf5
--- a/update-motd-static.d/20-update
+++ b/update-motd-static.d/20-update
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ msgColor="38;5;103"
 
 # Count
 apt-get update --quiet=2
-pkgCount="$(apt-get -s dist-upgrade | grep -Po '^\d+(?= upgraded)')"
+pkgCount="$(LANG= LC_ALL= apt-get -s dist-upgrade | grep -Po '^\d+(?= upgraded)')"
 setCountColor "$pkgCount"
 
 # Message
diff --git a/update-motd.d/10-welcome b/update-motd.d/10-welcome
index f69962a..2cc8a6c 100644
--- a/update-motd.d/10-welcome
+++ b/update-motd.d/10-welcome
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+. /etc/default/locale
+export LANG
+
 function color (){
   echo "\e[$1m$2\e[0m"
 }
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ deviceLabel=" $(color $deviceColor " $deviceName ")"
 me="$(color $userColor " $me ")"
 codename="$(grep 'VERSION_CODENAME' /etc/os-release | cut -d '=' -f 2)"
 greetings="$(color $greetingsColor " * Welcome") $me $(color $greetingsColor To) $(color $codenameColor $codename)\n"
-greetings="$greetings$(color $greetingsColor " * $(date +"%a %b %d %Y, %I:%M:%S %p")")\n"
+greetings="$greetings$(color $greetingsColor " * $(date +"%c")")\n"
 
 # OS
 greetings="$greetings$(color $greetingsColor " * $(uname -srm)")"
diff --git a/update-motd.d/15-system b/update-motd.d/15-system
index 198fcd1..f1946ce 100644
--- a/update-motd.d/15-system
+++ b/update-motd.d/15-system
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+. /etc/default/locale
+export LANG
+
 function color (){
   echo "\e[$1m$2\e[0m"
 }
@@ -13,20 +16,7 @@ function sec2time (){
   ((input=input%3600))
   ((mins=input/60))
 
-  local daysPlural="s"
-  local hoursPlural="s"
-  local minsPlural="s"
-
-  if [[ $days -eq 0 ||  $days -eq 1 ]]; then
-    daysPlural=""
-  fi
-  if [[ $hours -eq 0 || $hours -eq 1 ]]; then
-    hoursPlural=""
-  fi
-  if [[ $mins -eq 0 || $mins -eq 1 ]]; then
-    minsPlural=""
-  fi
-  echo "$days day$daysPlural $hours hr$hoursPlural $mins min$minsPlural"
+  echo "${days}d ${hours}h ${mins}m"
 }
 statsLabelColor="38;5;143"
 bulletColor="38;5;241"
@@ -37,7 +27,7 @@ me=$(logname)
 # Last Login
 read loginIP loginDate <<< $(last $me --time-format iso -2 | awk 'NR==1 { print $3,$4 }')
 if [[ $loginDate == *T* ]]; then
-  login="$(date -d $loginDate +"%a %b %d %Y, %I:%M %p") $(color $dimInfoColor "* $loginIP")"
+  login="$(date -d $loginDate +"%c") $(color $dimInfoColor "* $loginIP")"
 else
   # First Login
   login="None"
@@ -51,7 +41,7 @@ label2="$(vcgencmd measure_temp | cut -c "6-9")°C"
 label2="$(color $statsLabelColor "Temp") $(color $bulletColor "...")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label2)"
 
 uptime="$(sec2time $(cut -d "." -f 1 /proc/uptime))"
-uptime="$uptime $(color $dimInfoColor "* $(date -d "@"$(grep btime /proc/stat | cut -d " " -f 2) +"%m-%d-%y %H:%M")")"
+uptime="$uptime $(color $dimInfoColor "* $(date -d "@"$(grep btime /proc/stat | cut -d " " -f 2) +"%c")")"
 
 label3="$uptime"
 label3="$(color $statsLabelColor "Uptime") $(color $bulletColor "..")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor "$label3")"

From b101d1c345d0902fbdb3f7cea9795c9bcdf36f87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Maeder <thomas.maeder@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:33:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] an IP address is an IP address is an IP address

---
 update-motd.d/15-system | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/update-motd.d/15-system b/update-motd.d/15-system
index f1946ce..6ef4d2d 100644
--- a/update-motd.d/15-system
+++ b/update-motd.d/15-system
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ label1="$login"
 label1="$(color $statsLabelColor "Last") $(color $bulletColor "....")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor "$label1")"
 
 label2="$(vcgencmd measure_temp | cut -c "6-9")°C"
-label2="$(color $statsLabelColor "Temp") $(color $bulletColor "...")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label2)"
+label2="$(color $statsLabelColor "Temp") $(color $bulletColor "........")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label2)"
 
 uptime="$(sec2time $(cut -d "." -f 1 /proc/uptime))"
 uptime="$uptime $(color $dimInfoColor "* $(date -d "@"$(grep btime /proc/stat | cut -d " " -f 2) +"%c")")"
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ label3="$uptime"
 label3="$(color $statsLabelColor "Uptime") $(color $bulletColor "..")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor "$label3")"
 
 label4="$(awk -v a="$(awk '/cpu /{print $2+$3+$4+$5+$6+$7+$8+$9+$10,$5}' /proc/stat; sleep 0.3)" '/cpu /{split(a,b," "); printf "%.1f%%", 100*(($2+$3+$4+$5+$6+$7+$8+$9+$10-b[1])-($5-b[2]))/($2+$3+$4+$5+$6+$7+$8+$9+$10-b[1])}' /proc/stat)"
-label4="$(color $statsLabelColor "Cpu") $(color $bulletColor "....")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label4)"
+label4="$(color $statsLabelColor "Cpu") $(color $bulletColor ".........")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label4)"
 
 label5="$(df -h ~ | awk 'NR==2 { printf "%sB / %sB \\e[38;5;144m* Free: %sB\\e[0m",$3,$2,$4; }')"
 label5="$(color $statsLabelColor "Disk") $(color $bulletColor "....")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor "$label5")"
 
 label6="$(/bin/ls -d /proc/[0-9]* | wc -l)"
-label6="$(color $statsLabelColor "Procs") $(color $bulletColor "..")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label6)"
+label6="$(color $statsLabelColor "Procs") $(color $bulletColor ".......")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label6)"
 
 label7="$(free -h --si | awk 'NR==2 { printf "%sB / %sB \\e[38;5;144m* Free: %sB\\e[0m",$3,$2,$4; }')"
 label7="$(color $statsLabelColor "Memory") $(color $bulletColor "..")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor "$label7")"
 
 label8="$(hostname -I)"
-label8="$(color $statsLabelColor "IP") $(color $bulletColor ".....")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label8)"
+label8="$(color $statsLabelColor "IP address") $(color $bulletColor "..")$(color $statsLabelColor ".") $(color $infoColor $label8)"
 
 # Print
 echo