Need some help with menubar clock format

[jon08]

Ok so I'm already using the 24-hr format, which is what I wanted, but one thing that bothers me is that it is in "00-23" format, but I would like it in "0-23".

I set it to "0-23" in Language & Text\Formats\Times, but there seems to be no effect. I tried logging out and in again, but to no avail. Was I supposed to reboot for it to take effect, or am I simply doing something wrong and hence no change?

 

[Gregg2]

Check your International>Formats preference pane. (I'm using OS10.5.8) Click Customize in the Time panel.

My Hour is a single digit. What's yours? It might be over-riding the other setting.

 

[jon08]

Check your International>Formats preference pane. (I'm using OS10.5.8) Click Customize in the Time panel.

My Hour is a single digit. What's yours? It might be over-riding the other setting.

Are we talking about the "Short" format here? I have "19 : 08" under "Short"... And I selected "0-23" by clicking on the above-mentioned "19".

 

[Gregg2]

Are we talking about the "Short" format here? I have "19 : 08" under "Short"... And I selected "0-23" by clicking on the above-mentioned "19".

I don't see Short as a heading in the International pane that I referred you to. I also don't see it in Date & Time. So, no, that's not what I was talking about.

Your sig doesn't mention your OS, but I gather from the pref pane title you referred to that it's Snow Leopard. I'm still using Leopard.

 

[jon08]

I don't see Short as a heading in the International pane that I referred you to. I also don't see it in Date & Time. So, no, that's not what I was talking about.

Well in Snow Leopard "International" has been renamed to "Language & Text", so once you click on it and then "Format", everything is more or less the same.........

 

[crewrules101]

Go to system prefs. then select . after that select . that window should appear as . Finally select the "Customize" under the "times" area which should open as . Finally you should see the "Short" area and you can change the format there by dragging or selecting the area you want to change and you should be set.

 

[dipnlik]

So, this procedure doesn't work here. I recently installed Snow Leopard and have the same issue. Tried to customize the times a lot but the values set there doesn't seem to affect SL's menubar clock

Weird thing is: in System Preferences, Date & Time, Clock, if I disable the 24-hour clock the hour loses the preceding zero.

Any other ideas?

 

[jon08]

The way I fixed it was change the Region in the Formats section... and it worked...