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How do I get AM and PM suffixes on my Mac's clock?

Will Cheyney

Will Cheyney

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I would very much like for my Mac's clock to have AM and PM suffixes, like so:

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However, I can't seem to turn the option to have such a feature. It is greyed out in my System preferences, even when I uncheck the 'Use 24-hour clock' option':

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Can anyone explain why this might be, and how I can enable such a feature?
 
I think there are some International settings that can override your Date/Time settings. From the "Date & Time" panel of "Date & Time," click on "Open International." Check to see that things under "Times" look like they'll let you display AM and PM.
 
Sorry I missed that. You won't get it back until you uncheck the 24 hour clock box though. Maybe uncheck it, restart and see if you get it back. 🙂
 
I can display AM/PM for 24-hour time. I know it shouldn't be allowed, but the OS will let you do it.
 

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Okay, coolness. I always thought we couldn't. I guess a permission repair would be a nice start then. 🙂
 
I still think it's simply an International preference overriding the Date & Time preference pane. No real need to repair permissions just yet.
 
You're probably right but I'm not finding anything that could turn this off yet... Well, at least nothing to turn off the option of AM/PM.
 
Haha, it's a UK thing. If the region is set to the UK in the International preference pane you can't seem to have AM/PM suffixes... well, not that I have managed anyway! Anyone else had better luck?
 
Ah ha!
Cracked it! You need to customise the clocks format with the International preference pane!
 

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