====== Changing the Taskbar clock format ======

===== In Advanced Mode =====


A lot of people prefer a 12-hour clock with an AM/PM indicator.

If you right-click on the clock and choose "Date & Time Format", it tries to start a control panel module called "rscp". Unfortunately the module does not exist, so nothing happens.

Instead, you can change the format yourself by editing the file:/home/user/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals  

Open your console and type:
<code>
kwrite /home/user/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals
</code>

Hit enter.  This will open a new text editor.  Scroll to the bottom of the file and add the following two lines:

<code>
[Locale]
TimeFormat=%I:%M:%S %p
</code>


Save, exit and re-boot


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Another note: It appears that this change only works if your clock type is set to "Plain". If you have set it to "Digital"


===== In Easy Mode =====

See [[howto:icewmstartmenu#changing_the_time_format_to_am_pm|Changing the Time Format to AM/PM]] in Easy Mode.

===== Keywords =====
This section is just here so that people searching for '12 hour time', '24 hour time', or 'military time' will find this article.