How to Change a Windows XP Clock Back From Army Time

The army uses the 24-hour clock system to tell time. It is a system that goes from midnight to midnight and displays each hour numbered from 0 to 24. For example, 3 p.m. is the 15th hour of the day so the time would be 15:00. In windows XP operating systems, you can disable the 24-hour clock system if you are interested in the simpler and more conventional way of telling time.

Instructions

1. Click the Windows "Start" button and click the "Control Panel." Click "Date, Time, Language and Regional Options" and click "change format of numbers, dates and times."

2. Click the "Customize" button and click the "Time" tab. You should see the 24-hour clock format that you are currently using displayed as "HH:mm:ss." Replace the two capital Hs with small hs, so that it looks like "hh:mm:ss." Add two ts at the end so that the final result looks like this: hh:mm:ss:tt.

3. Click "OK" and click "Apply" in the "Region and Language Options" dialog box. Click "OK." Locate the clock on the system tray. It will now display a 12-hour clock system (for example 8:52) as opposed to a 24-hour military clock time (for example 20:52).

References

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