Question about the time in the status bar

[Sirious]

Is it possible to have the "AM" and "PM" to appear in uppercase instead of lowercase?

I saw it in uppercase on a screenshot a user posted on this forum but can't find a way to do it myself.

Thanks!

 

[S.B.G]

One solution is to use 24-hour time format and then the am/pm (AM/PM) isn't displayed at all.

 

[thegrants82]

One solution is to use 24-hour time format and then the am/pm (AM/PM) isn't displayed at all.

He asked for uppercase instead of lowercase. Your answer is not a solution....it actually doesn't even address the OP's question.

 

[Armen]

Is it possible to have the "AM" and "PM" to appear in uppercase instead of lowercase?

I saw it in uppercase on a screenshot a user posted on this forum but can't find a way to do it myself.

Thanks!

Jailbreak. The only solution.

 

[Curun]

Is it possible to have the "AM" and "PM" to appear in uppercase instead of lowercase?

I saw it in uppercase on a screenshot a user posted on this forum but can't find a way to do it myself.

Thanks!

Odd, always been uppercase on every iPhone Ive seen.

Regional?

 

[iolinux333]

Mine is uppercase running stock 7.06 not jail broken. I would like lowercase better. Maybe we should trade? I'll send you mine, here: AM PM

 

[antiprotest]

Odd, always been uppercase on every iPhone Ive seen.



Regional?

Same. Never seen one in lowercase until now.

 

[Tyler23]

Must be regional. It's upper case for me as well. I'm in the US.

 

[Shrink]

He asked for uppercase instead of lowercase. Your answer is not a solution....it actually doesn't even address the OP's question.

Actually it is a solution if OP is sufficiently put off by the lower case AM and PM and can't change it. It depends on how repulsive OP finds the lower case letters.

 

[thegrants82]

Actually it is a solution if OP is sufficiently put off by the lower case AM and PM and can't change it. It depends on how repulsive OP finds the lower case letters.

It's not a solution because the OP didn't ask how to remove it.

 

[C DM]

Seems like either jailbreak or perhaps try changing some regional settings (like US vs UK or maybe even AU or Canada).

 

[Broph]

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Great, now I feel weird. I'm from New Zealand, but I see no reason why this should be a regional issue.

 

[C DM]

Great, now I feel weird. I'm from New Zealand, but I see no reason why this should be a regional issue.

Based on some definition that Apple is using, the regional settings for AU/NZ might specify to use "am" and "pm", while in US they are specified to be "AM" and "PM". As to why those kinds of differences might exist and why Apple chose to use these kinds of definitions, I guess it's anyone's guess.

 

[trekkie604]

Great, now I feel weird. I'm from New Zealand, but I see no reason why this should be a regional issue.

Yep, it's region settings. I just switched my phone from US to New Zealand and the am/pm is lower case.

 

[csixty4]

This is defined by the Unicode CLDR, the standard which modern operating systems and programming languages use to get these settings.

The default for English-speaking locales (en) is AM/PM, but Great Britain (en_GB) specifically overrides the dayPeriod wide formats to be am/pm.

No reason is given (it's just a database) but it's probably to avoid confusion with the abbreviations for Assembly Member and Prime Minister.

 

[The Doctor11]

I have beer seen lower case before but I'm happy to have upper case I think it looks better

 

[LordQ]

Here in Mexico is lowercase and with dots (a.m.) (p.m.)

 

[Sirious]

Confirmed:
It is a regional thing.

I changed my settings from UK to US too and the clock updated from "am" to "AM".
Not sure why Apple decided to do this inconsistency but I prefer how it looks in uppercase IMHO.

Not a big deal though, but it's good to know!
Thanks everyone!

 

[cynics]

I'm curious now if any other countries besides the US has uppercase.

So far it looks like NZ and Mexico are lowercase....