The clock face colour confuses me. For example, does a black 5.30 mean AM or PM? In winter it can be dark at both those times. Does it mean AM or PM? Or if night or day, how are these defined? There's an old thread which doesn't have a satisfactory, referenced answer, and I can's find an Apple explanation.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15
FWIW, the World Clock is light from 6:00AM to 5:59PM, dark from 6:00PM to 5:59AM, in whatever location.
If System Preferences> Date & Time is set to Automatic then I think the clock follows
the sunrise and sunset times.
That is why the shorter days could be dark at 5:30am and 5:30pm.
Also why during summer the clock face is light at 10:00am and 10:00pm.
Well why don't you get in touch with Apple then use the Feedback form here,
https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html
the basic setting is for the time in your vicinity, how are Apple supposed to know you want to
know the times in various cities across the world.
In Notifications. World Clock you can set up different clocks or different cities.
On mine I can see that it is 9:40pm in Sydney.
There are also countless apps you could download that do that function for you.
That was an example. A good current example is Auckland. It’s 12:26pm there and the face on the clock is dark.
Thanks for getting back, but is there any Apple documentation to explain and verify this is the case? And if it is so, then it's positively unhelpful. If I'm calling someone in Ontario or St Petersburg, etc from Australia, I have absolutely no idea when sunrise is in those cities. A 24-hour clock option would be helpful for ex-US users who are used to this less ambiguous system, or even an AM/ PM indicator. it's the little things that irritate :)
Thanks, Catalina 10.15.7. You confirm the confusion with ' Auckland. It’s 12:26pm there and the face on the clock is dark. ' And there's no indication in World Clock of AM/ PM. Also, I can accept that the 6 AM/ PM switch is a clue, but this is not indicated ANYWHERE by Apple to my knowledge. How are users supposed to know? 6 AM/ PM seems an arbitrary time if so, and doesn't reflect day/ night. It's trivial I know :) A 24-hour clock option would be good. Have fed back to Apple.
Yep, it's the Notifications World Clock that I'm talking about! Will suggest to Apple, and thanks for your contribution to this discussion :)
I have Hong Kong displayed and it’s 12:10pm there and it has a dark face. That doesn’t make any sense.
The current time…
7:16 AM
Thursday, November 12, 2020 (GMT+8)
Time in Hong Kong
I have no idea what you are looking at.
Screen shot…
Which version of macOS are you on? This thread is about the World Clock in Catalina.
Added Auckland…
You're welcome. I was asking dpmilly which version of macOS they were using. As far as knowing about 6am/pm, it was easy enough to figure out. Auckland shows the correct face color for me.
World clock face colour (black or white)
