Standard rather than Military time

[Spaceman Spiff]

I have %R on my clock and it displays 18:56 PM, but I want it to say 6:56 PM. I looked online and there was not any obvious solution. Maybe I'm just blind.
Could someone help please?

[kmathern]

try

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 %l:%M %p

For other options check the date manpage.

[Adrian]

That's one of the first things I change, I use

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%I:%M%p

You can add a blank space before %p if you want a space, I also use horizontal panel so it doesn't run out of space...

Edit: ninja'd by kmathern

[gimcrack]

%I:%M

If you don't want seconds.

http://i.imgur.com/OCPWLZk.png

[tascoast]

%P will give you am/pm indicators in lower case.

For me (using clock) I just append this to what is already there, having checked 12-hour format during installation I believe:

%I:%M%P

[Spaceman Spiff]

Thanks guys. did the trick. You're da best.

[Head_on_a_Stick]

it displays 18:56 PM

Is that a bug?

24-hour clocks shouldn't have AM/PM.

[chrispop99]

it displays 18:56 PM

Is that a bug?

24-hour clocks shouldn't have AM/PM.

As released, it doesn't display am/pm with locale as UK. The strftime function used is %H:%M. Incidentally, %R, which is what the OP says he had, doesn't display am/pm either.

Perhaps controversially, an argument could be made for 24h display being the default, in view of the number of global users.

Chris

[Richard]

The best thing about 24 hour time, IMHO,
is how logically it sorts.

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en ... gD94xl_vj6

A limited number of countries, particularly English-speaking, use the 12-hour clock, or a mixture of the 24- and 12-hour time systems. In countries where the 12-hour clock is still dominant, some professions prefer to use the 24-hour clock. For example, in the practice of medicine the 24-hour clock is generally used in documentation of care as it prevents any ambiguity as to when events occurred in a patient's medical history.[3] In the United States and a handful of other countries, it is popularly referred to as military time.[1][4]

[cyrilus31]

In the United States and a handful of other countries, it is popularly referred to as military time.[1][4]

I've learned something today. Thanks