Sonoma 14.2 and 24hr clock on menu bar resetting to am/pm

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Sonoma 14.2 and 24hr clock on menu bar resetting to am/pm

Hi - I know there are a few international 24hr clock issues around with Sonoma. Here is another.

1) so I dont like the huge clock on the lock screen... it spoils the screensavers... so I switch it off in the System Settings/General/Date & Time show 24-hour time on Lock Screen

2) but I also live in Europe (sort of)... and prefer a 24 hr clock on the menu bar and in calendar so I switch the 24 hr time on...

3) if the 24hr lock screen is set to "dont show" then 1) has no effect...

4) so I switch the "show on Lock screen" back on..(temporarily)... which does allow the 24hr time to reset and appear on the menu bar (not calendar)... I then switch the show on lock screen off.. and the 24hr clock remains...

5) until a shutdown - then it is back to the "we all live in America" view of the world...

its irritating.

iMac (M1, 2021)

Posted on Feb 9, 2024 3:56 AM

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ketakino

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Mar 29, 2024 2:26 AM in response to onicon.net

I managed to fix it on mine (Sonoma 14.4.1)

I went to General > Date and Time > and enabled "24-hour time" and "Show 24-hour time on Lock Screen"

like I had done so many times before.

Except this time right after I had enabled both, without touching anything else I rebooted my computer.

When I logged back in it had changed to 24-hour time. Both are still enabled in the settings (before they would revert back).

I don't have the 24-hour time on Lock Screen even though it is enabled. I also don't want that, but now it works and I am not going to touch anything again.

Hope that helps someone. It was driving me crazy.

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Answer 2

Feb 9, 2024 4:29 AM in response to jem273

The latest version of Sonoma as of 2-8-2024 is 14.3.1. Try updating to see if that fixes the issue for you.

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Answer 3

Feb 9, 2024 8:15 AM in response to jem273

I live in Europe too, and much prefer a 24-hour clock.

I had never seen it revert to am/pm... but then I always had the clock on the lock screen too.

I confirm that turning off "24-hour clock on lock screen" unduly turns off 24-hour clock altogether.

I don't even need to restart to see it happen.

Definitely a bug... I am running 14.2.1, will update to 14.3.1 and will test again.

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jem273 Author

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Apr 3, 2024 10:37 AM in response to ketakino

Hi Ketakino.... i am now on 14.4.1 (23E224) - and no it is still not fixed... if anything it is now worse... with the "show 24hr clock deselected the 24hr time does not alter the time display on the menu bar - switching it does appear to affect the menu bar icons in that they reload... but the time stays as am/pm.

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