Resolved Odd issue with 24-Hour Time setting

[japanime]

Up until a couple of weeks ago, my Series 2 watch would display the preceding zero for the hours of 00:00 to 09:59 when set to show 24-Hour Time.

Now, however, the preceding zero is no longer displayed. (The watch does properly display the afternoon and evening hours in 24-Hour Time.)

Does anyone have an idea as to what might have happened to the missing zero? Maybe a bug with the latest Watch OS update?

I know it's a really insignificant thing, but it's driving me batty 🤣

 

[HengenJL]

I’m currently wearing my Series 2 and have the same Nike face and I am not missing the preceding 0. So right now it shows 09:06. I’d suggest troubleshooting step 1: power off power on.

 

[japanime]

I’m currently wearing my Series 2 and have the same Nike face and I am not missing the preceding 0. So right now it shows 09:06. I’d suggest troubleshooting step 1: power off power on.

I had already tried that (twice), to no avail.

I just looked at my iPhone (just after midnight right now), and it's also lacking the preceding zero. I suspect it's an iOS issue. I'm running 13.3.1, and there's an update available. I'm going to run that and see if it resolves the issue.

 

[Sword86]

I have never given this any thought but my thinking is with the 24 hour clock, 3:03 would be correct, no reason for the zero. ( 3 p.m. is 1500) OTOH, on a 12 hour clock, the zero in front differentiates AM from PM. 03:00 is in the early morning, 3:00 would be in the afternoon. I’m high and a couple of G&Ts into it so I could be wrong. S

 

[konqerror]

It's a locale setting (General, Language and Region, Region) whether to display a leading zero. Apple likely modified it at some point to match local convention or yours got mis-set. On the Mac you can override it and set a custom format, including the leading zero and whether the first hour is 0 or 1, but I don't think there's a way on mobile devices.

 

[japanime]

It's a locale setting (General, Language and Region, Region) whether to display a leading zero.

Thanks, That's exactly what it was. My locale got reset when I had to re-pair my watch a week or so ago. I'm back to having it display the preceding zero.