Change time format from 12H to 24H kde Fedora 16

[Mark Haney]

On 04/09/2012 04:38 PM, Steven P. Ulrick wrote:

> 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

Yep, that worked.  It's kinda silly that you can't do from the clock app 
itself.  I mean, if that's all that's needed to change it.  Thanks to 
you and Reindl for pointing me to the Locale app in Settings.


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