Comments on: Use a 24 Hour Clock on the iPad & iPhone http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/08/use-24-hour-clock-ios/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Thu, 23 May 2013 18:55:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ken http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/08/use-24-hour-clock-ios/#comment-415692 Ken Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:38:48 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=32420#comment-415692 In Germany, the 24-hour clock is ubiquitous, so there is no way to choose a 12-hour clock in the German localization, which is as it should be. However, in many applications a fictitious 12-hour clock shows up in which the times are shown as 8:00 vorm, which is supposed to mean 8:00, and 8:00 nachm, which is supposed to be 20:00. It's wrong and it takes a lot of space. These same applications show the 24-hour clock correctly when you choose the 24-hour clock in the US localization. There's no way to switch errant applications to the iPhone's default, no way to make the applications use the standard 24-hour clock, and it is very, very weird. Who thunk this crap up? And why had no one fixed it? I guess Apple has to stop hiring ex-Microsoft employees. In Germany, the 24-hour clock is ubiquitous, so there is no way to choose a 12-hour clock in the German localization, which is as it should be. However, in many applications a fictitious 12-hour clock shows up in which the times are shown as 8:00 vorm, which is supposed to mean 8:00, and 8:00 nachm, which is supposed to be 20:00. It’s wrong and it takes a lot of space. These same applications show the 24-hour clock correctly when you choose the 24-hour clock in the US localization.

There’s no way to switch errant applications to the iPhone’s default, no way to make the applications use the standard 24-hour clock, and it is very, very weird. Who thunk this crap up? And why had no one fixed it?

I guess Apple has to stop hiring ex-Microsoft employees.

]]> By: tom swift http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/08/use-24-hour-clock-ios/#comment-415632 tom swift Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:13:39 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=32420#comment-415632 Double-click (touch) the blue up arrow. Ta-da! Double-click (touch) the blue up arrow. Ta-da!

]]> By: vdiv http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/08/use-24-hour-clock-ios/#comment-415614 vdiv Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:07:57 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=32420#comment-415614 Now if we can get a Caps Lock key and upper/lower case key labels on the keyboard iOS could almost become usable. Now if we can get a Caps Lock key and upper/lower case key labels on the keyboard iOS could almost become usable.

]]> By: Artur http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/08/use-24-hour-clock-ios/#comment-415544 Artur Thu, 09 Aug 2012 09:33:12 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=32420#comment-415544 Military time? Its the time format the whole world is using. Military time? Its the time format the whole world is using.

]]> By: Paul http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/08/use-24-hour-clock-ios/#comment-415386 Paul Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:42:13 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=32420#comment-415386 Makes for a great Pandora station while you work, highly recommended! Makes for a great Pandora station while you work, highly recommended!

]]> By: b http://osxdaily.com/2012/08/08/use-24-hour-clock-ios/#comment-415360 b Wed, 08 Aug 2012 23:45:53 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=32420#comment-415360 Props on the Debussy. Have been listening to piano solos for the last week with awe. Props on the Debussy. Have been listening to piano solos for the last week with awe.

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