# Configure Clock
**URL:** https://forums.suse.com/t/configure-clock/22892
**Category:** SLED Configure-Administer
**Created:** [July 26, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configure-clock/22892 "2012-07-26T18:02:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@scottjsn](https://forums.suse.com/u/scottjsn)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configure-clock/22892/1 "2012-07-26T18:02:29Z")
Running SUSE 11. The click displays the military time, i.e., 0-24. How can I set it up to 1-12. For example, for 19:30, instead, displaying 7:30.
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### Author:  [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configure-clock/22892/2 "2012-07-26T19:01:27Z")
> [@scottjsn](#):
>
> Running SUSE 11. The click displays the military time, i.e., 0-24.
> How can I set it up to 1-12. For example, for 19:30, instead,
> displaying 7:30.
Hi
Right click on the date/time visible in the panel, then select
preferences. Else you can configure via YaST → System → Date/Time.
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.34-0.7-default
up 4 days 14:00, 2 users, load average: 0.28, 0.22, 0.22
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU
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### Author:  [@mikewillis](https://forums.suse.com/u/mikewillis)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configure-clock/22892/3 "2012-07-26T19:06:25Z")
This is one of those options GNOME doesn’t expose in the GUI you have to manually edit something in gconf. So run gconf-editor then find /apps/panel/applets/clock\_screen0/prefs under there you should seen option called format. If you select it you’ll see that gconf-editor lists the possible valid values in a section of the window labeled ‘Key Documentation’. One of them is ‘12-hour’ which is probably what you want. If you want to get adventurous you can set it to custom and then populate the custom\_format value which will even take some style information. E.g. I have it set to this
```auto
%a %d %b, %H:%M
```
so the time appears larger than the date and also in bold. %a %d %b %H %M represent the usual values. (See ‘man date’ if you’re not familiar with those. You’d probably want %I or %l instead of %H)
This answer is only valid if you’re using GNOME for you’re desktop environment. I’ve assumed you’re using GNOME because that’s the default in SLED. I also assume you’re using SLED given you’ve posted in the SLED forum (not everyone who posts here is using SLED) ‘SUSE 11’ which could be interpreted as a variety of SUSE variants 😉 )
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### Author:  [@mikewillis](https://forums.suse.com/u/mikewillis)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configure-clock/22892/4 "2012-07-26T19:09:55Z")
I think we were typing at the same time but you typed less than I did so posted first 🙂
> [@malcolmlewis;5833](#):
>
> Right click on the date/time visible in the panel, then select preferences.
That was my first thought but I can’t see anything there to change the format from 24 hour to 12. Maybe I’m looking at the wrong thing 😕
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### Author:  [@scottjsn](https://forums.suse.com/u/scottjsn)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configure-clock/22892/5 "2012-07-26T20:35:26Z")
Sorry for not clearly indicating my system. I am using SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (11) and KDE4.
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### Author:  [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configure-clock/22892/6 "2012-07-26T20:43:55Z")
> [@mikewillis](#):
>
> I think we were typing at the same time but you typed less than I did so
> posted first 🙂
> malcolmlewis;5833 Wrote:[color=blue]
>
> > Right click on the date/time visible in the panel, then select
> > preferences.
> > [/color]
> > That was my first thought but I can’t see anything there to change the
> > format from 24 hour to 12. Maybe I’m looking at the wrong thing 😕
Hi
A screenshot… 😉
[http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/zdxl65c2cmkn8bogt11a4htktem4njdm/](http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/zdxl65c2cmkn8bogt11a4htktem4njdm/)
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.34-0.7-default
up 4 days 15:43, 2 users, load average: 0.39, 0.28, 0.25
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU
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### Author:  [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configure-clock/22892/7 "2012-07-26T20:46:10Z")
> [@scottjsn](#):
>
> Sorry for not clearly indicating my system. I am using SUSE Linux
> Enterprise Desktop (11) and KDE4.
Hi
Ahh, should be in the KDE control settings somewhere. Else try
configuring via YaST
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Cheers Malcolm °¿° (Linux Counter #276890)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 (x86\_64) Kernel 3.0.34-0.7-default
up 4 days 15:45, 2 users, load average: 0.50, 0.33, 0.26
CPU Intel i5 CPU M520@2.40GHz | Intel Arrandale GPU
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### Author:  [@mikewillis](https://forums.suse.com/u/mikewillis)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/configure-clock/22892/8 "2012-07-26T22:42:15Z")
> [@malcolmlewis;5839](#):
>
> A screenshot… 😉
> [http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/zdxl65c2cmkn8bogt11a4htktem4njdm/](http://www.imagebam.com/gallery/zdxl65c2cmkn8bogt11a4htktem4njdm/)
This is what I see
[http://www.imagebam.com/image/f057d1203250175](http://www.imagebam.com/image/f057d1203250175)
That’s a grab of an instance of SLED I have at home. I was at work when I posted earlier and what I saw there is consistent with what I see linked above. Curious.