Clock doesn't show AM/PM anymore

Question

My new install of 16.04 doesn't have AM/PM anymore in the clock on the top right. 12 hour time is checked in System Settings. How do I get AM/PM back?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 16 '16 at 01:24

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Probably the effective locale for the LC_TIME locale category is one which misses AM/PM specification. To fix it you can change the Regional Formats setting. If you change it to e.g. English (United States) or English (United Kingdom), AM/PM will show up next time you log in.

answered Jul 16 '16 at 01:24

Gunnar Hjalmarsson

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Thanks, but that doesn't help. Still no AM/PM :( – Jul 16 '16 at 08:35
@Vistaus: Really? Then can you please open a terminal window, run the locale command, and let us know the output by editing your question. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Jul 16 '16 at 09:53

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

It is reasonably straightforward to toggle this setting from the clock settings. (Note: I realise that you have already followed this path but best to check.)

Follow this path:

Click on the clock > Time & date settings... > Clock

And from here select 12 hour time as illustrated in this screenshot:

If this is not enough and the clock is still not obeying your needs try running the following commands:

Reinstall the clock

sudo apt-get --reinstall install indicator-datetime

Reconfigure the date/time

sudo dpkg-reconfigure --frontend noninteractive tzdata

Reset the 'unity-panel-service'
```
killall unity-panel-service
```

And this may be enough to reload the offending clock and tweak it into obeying your preferred settings..

Note: These tips will have no effect if your current locale does not support AM/PM as Gunnar Hjalmarsson has pointed out...

References:

https://askubuntu.com/a/399178/57576

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Clock doesn't show AM/PM anymore

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