[kde-linux] Resetting digital clock in panel to 24 hour format? [SOLVED]

[Thomas Taylor]

On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:08:22 +0100
John Layt <johnlayt at googlemail.com> wrote:

> > On Saturday 26 June 2010 09:50:20 Thomas Taylor wrote:
> > > Hi Folks;
> > > 
> > > Is there a way to reset the digital clock display on the panel to use 24
> > > hour notation?  I've tried right clicking it but couldn't find anything
> > > there to reset it.  Nor did I find anything in Start > Configure Desktop
> > > > Computer Administration > Date & Time where the digital display is in
> > > 24 hour format under the analog clock.
> > > 
> > > Not an earth shaking problem, just an annoyance.  When playing around in
> > > an earlier version of KDE, I was able to accomplish it by setting
> > > language to British english as I recall bit I'd prefer US english due to
> > > spelling diferences.
> > > 
> > > Thanks, Tom

> 
> Yes, the Plasma clock takes the time format from the locale format as set in 
> System Settings/Regional & Language/Time & Dates/Time Format.  Use the drop-
> down combo to choose format HH:MM:SS
> 
> Setting time format at a clock level is a popular wish in bko, I do have a 
> patch for it but it goes with some other config changes that need more work.  
> It will probably make SC 4.6.
> 
> John.
> ___________________________________________________

That did what I wanted.  Thanks, John!

Tom

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