[SOLVED]change the12-hour clock instead of the 24-hour clock globally

aluser · 2011-01-22 00:38:37

I can't seem to figure out how change the default 24 hour format. How can i change this? I've searched everywhere in this forum and there is nothing that talks about this.

Last edited by aluser (2011-01-22 01:29:37)

Inxsible · 2011-01-22 00:41:24

What clock ? hardware or in one of your panels?

Please be specific when asking questions so people can actually help you out.

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aluser · 2011-01-22 00:44:22

The output that comes out when typed date in the terminal. Other panels use this format too so i'm assuming this a global variable.

Anikom15 · 2011-01-22 00:51:00

rtm

aluser · 2011-01-22 01:11:08

rtm? remember the milk?
anyone has any idea how to change this globally. It's as if all applications use this format as default. I just want to know if can change that.

sisco311 · 2011-01-22 01:16:11

rtm is a polite way to say rtfm.

You can't change the date format globally.

start with:

man date

aluser · 2011-01-22 01:20:44

@sisco Thanks. That's all I needed to know. That kinda sucks because its really bothersome to change it manually on all programs ( irssi, bmpanel, etc) rather than just specifying it somewhere globally.

fukawi2 · 2011-01-22 12:33:20

alias date="date +'%a %b %d %r %Z %Y'"

And yes, you have to change it for each app... The above is only changing it in bash.

Mr.Elendig · 2011-01-22 14:09:50

Some apps follows LC_TIME

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[SOLVED]change the12-hour clock instead of the 24-hour clock globally

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