Menu bar won't show AM/PM in 12hr clock

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Menu bar won't show AM/PM in 12hr clock

Just got my Macbook yesterday and there's one thing driving me mad.

You know the clock in the top right corner well I can't get it to show AM/PM.

I looked in its options and the 'Show AM/PM' tickbox was disabled - Why? How can I enable it and then tick it?

Thanks Guys

PC & MacBook (Yay!), Windows XP, Home Built

Posted on Jul 13, 2006 5:17 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 13, 2006 7:15 AM in response to Ieu

You're probably using UK in the International>Formats preference

Suppose UK doesn't normally use AM/PM. Anyway you can change that, say to US and then customize the other settings back to UK, or customize the Time (in Formats) to add the AM/PM to the various time formats. The one that seems to really matter is the Medium time format. To add the AM/PM, just drag the blue pill up to the example bar. You can also change the display of the numbers 12/24 hour, leading vs no-leading zero, etc by clicking on the small pulldown arrow that appears in the pill.

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Answer 2

Klaus1

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Jul 13, 2006 5:16 PM in response to Mike-N-nahyunil

Suppose UK doesn't normally use AM/PM

Just for the record (off topic) the UK is the only country in Europe that uses AM/PM.

No other country in Europe can accept the confusion it causes, and naturally uses the 24 hour clock.

My iMac, bought in the UK, has all the clock options mentioned even when set to 'British Region', including GMT/BST, 24 hour clock, AM/PM.

It even knew that it should move the clock forward one hour when we entered Summer Time (Daylight Saving Time)!

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