Hi! I use 9.1 and the stupid clock won't use normal local time, no matter how many times I tell it to use Local Time, it is still using UTC. Right now it is 8:31 PM where I live, but the clock says that it is 20:31. Am I doing something wrong, or is it a bug? If it is a bug, is it fixed in 9.3, because I ordered a copy and am waiting for it to arive. Thanks! -Steven
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2005-06-16 at 20:34 -0400, Steven Pasternak wrote:
Hi! I use 9.1 and the stupid clock won't use normal local time, no matter how many times I tell it to use Local Time, it is still using UTC. Right now it is 8:31 PM where I live, but the clock says that it is 20:31. Am I doing something wrong, or is it a bug? If it is a bug, is it fixed in 9.3, because I ordered a copy and am waiting for it to arive. Thanks!
I don't know of such a bug. The time shown can be different for each user on the same machine. You can even set a time globally, and still show it different for your user. How are you setting it? By the way... you say: "Right now it is 8:31 PM where I live, but the clock says that it is 20:31". Did you notice that 8:31 PM is in fact 20:31? I don't see the error... - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFCsh5YtTMYHG2NR9URAk3JAJ9QjWGAkJRh19HV21Wl8whml2eypwCfTpiK FhySaL7nev+6FWZ2O481szE= =q7JG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
On Thursday 16 June 2005 20:34, Steven Pasternak wrote:
Hi! I use 9.1 and the stupid clock won't use normal local time, no matter how many times I tell it to use Local Time, it is still using UTC. Right now it is 8:31 PM where I live, but the clock says that it is 20:31. Am I doing something wrong, or is it a bug? If it is a bug, is it fixed in 9.3, because I ordered a copy and am waiting for it to arive. Thanks! -Steven
Hi Steven, Actually your time is correct but it is displayed in military time. Following this will give you the traditional AM/PM designations. Assuming you are using KDE for your desktop. RMB click on the time select 'Date and Time Format' select the 'Time and Dates' tab select the 'Time Format' drop down and you'll see another choice similar to 'pH:MM:SS AMPM' Select and apply It probably won't take immediately but it will the next time you logout and login to X or reboot. Good Luck, columbo
On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 20:34 -0400, Steven Pasternak wrote:
Hi! I use 9.1 and the stupid clock won't use normal local time, no matter how many times I tell it to use Local Time, it is still using UTC. Right now it is 8:31 PM where I live, but the clock says that it is 20:31. Am I doing something wrong, or is it a bug? If it is a bug, is it fixed in 9.3, because I ordered a copy and am waiting for it to arive. Thanks! -Steven
In the USA 20:31 is military time for 8:31PM, they are both the same time but shown in different formats. Configure the clock for the format you want. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
Ken Schneider wrote:
In the USA 20:31 is military time for 8:31PM, they are both the same time but shown in different formats. Configure the clock for the format you want.
It's not just military time. Anyone can use it. It's often used by airlines, railways, bus companies etc. It's used anywhere someone wants to avoid the possible confusion over AM & PM. For example, I keep most of my clocks on 24H. The ones that aren't are those that aren't capable.
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 09:16 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Ken Schneider wrote:
In the USA 20:31 is military time for 8:31PM, they are both the same time but shown in different formats. Configure the clock for the format you want.
It's not just military time. Anyone can use it. It's often used by airlines, railways, bus companies etc. It's used anywhere someone wants to avoid the possible confusion over AM & PM. For example, I keep most of my clocks on 24H. The ones that aren't are those that aren't capable.
Excuse me as I wasn't as exact as you needed. It is referred to as military time in the US. I didn't imply or say that only people in the military could use it. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge
On Friday 17 June 2005 6:31 am, Ken Schneider wrote:
Excuse me as I wasn't as exact as you needed. It is referred to as military time in the US. I didn't imply or say that only people in the military could use it.
A lot of people here in the US do refer to it as military time. I have this hilarious image in my mind of Military Police running around arresting civilians because they use 24 hour clocks <g>. Scott -- POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Linux 2.6.11.4-21.7-default x86_64
Steven Pasternak wrote:
Hi! I use 9.1 and the stupid clock won't use normal local time, no matter how many times I tell it to use Local Time, it is still using UTC. Right now it is 8:31 PM where I live, but the clock says that it is 20:31. Am I doing something wrong, or is it a bug? If it is a bug, is it fixed in 9.3, because I ordered a copy and am waiting for it to arive. Thanks! -Steven
Ummm... 8:31 PM and 20:31 are exactly the same time. The only difference is one is on a 12 hour clock and the other is a 24 hour clock. You want to adjust the time format, not time zone.
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