Setting AM/PM in Cinnamon

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Setting AM/PM in Cinnamon

Postby 7vn11vn on Thu Nov 29, 2012 6:01 pm

I installed Mate first, then Cinammon. The time in the taskbar is fine in Mate and even Ubuntu, but in Cinnamon it displays as a 24 hour clock, not am/pm. I went into the Menu and went into Preferences - Date and Time and changed it from 24-hour to AM/PM, but it stays at 24 hour. Re-booting after setting it didn't work and like I said, it's okay in Mate and Ubuntu, so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, or how to fix it. Can anyone help? Thanks.
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Re: Setting AM/PM in Cinnamon

Postby BoscoBearbank on Thu Nov 29, 2012 7:19 pm

Currently have Ubuntu LXDE loaded, do can't verify for Cinnamon, but right-clicking on the clock and setting the format to
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%a %d-%b  %I:%M:%S %p
gives me Thu 29-Nov 05:20:06 PM
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Re: Setting AM/PM in Cinnamon

Postby caboose2099 on Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:05 am

BoscoBearbank wrote:Currently have Ubuntu LXDE loaded, do can't verify for Cinnamon, but right-clicking on the clock and setting the format to
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%a %d-%b  %I:%M:%S %p
gives me Thu 29-Nov 05:20:06 PM


Worked for me! Mint 13 Cinnamon 64bit. Thanks! :D
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Re: Setting AM/PM in Cinnamon

Postby twodogs on Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:04 pm

This is my clock. It removes the zero (06:30 PM becomes 6:30 PM) and no seconds.

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%a %d-%b  %_I:%M %p
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Re: Setting AM/PM in Cinnamon

Postby 7vn11vn on Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:03 pm

Thank you guys so much for the help. Once I found out what to do I was able to experiment and get it just the way I want it. I used this one:

%a %b %e, %_I:%M %p

Looks like this: Fri Nov 30, 1:05 PM

Thanks again. I really appreciate your help!!!
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Re: Setting AM/PM in Cinnamon

Postby caboose2099 on Fri Nov 30, 2012 5:27 pm

7vn11vn wrote:%a %b %e, %_I:%M %p

Looks like this: Fri Nov 30, 1:05 PM


Think I may use that one when I get home from work. 8)
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