Q: 24 hour format support in discussion communities

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I am a fan of "military time" = ZULU is GMT used by the US military to "synchronize watches" worldwide - BUT - either 24-hour clock would take some getting used to for many.

The "option" would be nice - just like a Mac or iOS device!! (or PC, Android)

Let's BOTH send our suggestions to https://www.apple.com/support/feedback/ & choose "Discussions" from the topics Menu

I just checked... JiveSoftware (that runs ASC) does NOT have the ability to select a 24-hour clock in preferences... Apple couldn't provide the option if it wanted to!

Wouldn't want them to join the 21st Century now would we!

[emphasis is mine]

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History

The 24-hour time system has its origins in the Egyptian astronomical system of decans, and has been used for centuries by scientists, astronomers, navigators, and horologists. There are many surviving examples of clocks built using the 24-hour system, including the famous Orloj in Prague, and the Shepherd Gate Clock at Greenwich.^{[citation needed]}

At the International Meridian Conference in 1884, Lewis M. Rutherfurd proposed that:^[11]

This universal day is to be a mean solar day; is to begin for all the world at the moment of midnight of the initial meridian coinciding with the beginning of the civil day and date of that meridian, and is to be counted from zero up to twenty-four hours.

This resolution was adopted by the conference^.

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24-hour clock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock#History

Knowing the ASC adoption rate for user suggestions [0.05 percent], you will get the opposite of your request and it will have bugs in it .  How about 6hour periods.  amam ampm pmam pmpm?

R

Apple could implement it!  Surround every time you see on an ASC web page with a javascript function which converts the time to 24 format.

R

But could they implement the "Choice" on the prefs page? (yes, probably)

I would much rather the AppleJiveTeam spend their precious man hours fixing my email notification problem that has been ongoing since before they undertook to fix it beginning in JANUARY - or all the other forum bugs like Phantom Posts (a post that one knows exists from an email notice but is not visible to YOU but is to others), "You are not allowed to create or update content",

- OR -

providing a facility to change "skins" on ASC like most robust bulletin boards

you might take a look at "Installing and Using Styles" link on https://www.phpbb.com/styles/ - it has the "architecture" of how they think one should build a "structure" of elements (different 'files' for Header, Footer, thread, forum, etc. - would correspond to 'separate' CSS like I proposed = "ala carte" choices for Stylish?)

Take 2:

JiveSoftware "themes" can be enabled by flipping a "permission" switch on the management console...

Import a Theme |Jive Community

https://community.jivesoftware.com/docs/DOC-169998

Jive Software - Jive Forums: Themes Development Guide

https://docs.jivesoftware.com/jive_forums_gold/5.5.8/documentation/forums-themes -dev-guide.html

For your convenience...