Change time format from 12H to 24H kde Fedora 16
R. Welsh
Robert_Welsh at comcast.net
Mon Apr 9 21:16:37 UTC 2012
On Mon, 2012-04-09 at 15:38 -0500, Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
> On 04/09/2012 03:00 PM, Mark Haney wrote:
> > This has to be a really stupid question, but I can't find an answer
> > anywhere online. I'm running KDE on F16 and I would like the clock to
> > display 24H instead of 12H. The Date/Time app with KDE doesn't change
> > it (at least it doesn't for my user) and system-config-date doesn't do
> > it either. Can anyone tell me how to do it?
>
> Hello, Mark
> Here is how do what you want under KDE:
> 1. "System Settings | Common Appearance and Behavior | Locale | Date &
> Time | Time format:"
> 2. In the "Time format:" drop down menu, there are the following choices:
> HH:MM:SS
> PH:MM:SS AMPM
> pH:MM:SS AMPM
>
> I run my clock in KDE in 12H mode. But for experimentation's sake, I
> changed my setting to "HH:MM:SS", logged out and logged right back in.
> The result was that my clock now displays time in 24H mode.
>
> If the "Date/Time app" that you are referring to is the same thing that
> I referred to above, I have no idea why you can't change your time to
> 24H mode... If you haven't already, you might want to create a fresh
> user and see if you can change the clock to 24H mode for that user.
>
> Steven P. Ulrick
Worked like a champ... Thanks.
Bob W.
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