How can I display 24-hour time in List view Date columns?

gerrie · February 13, 2020, 6:50pm

I can’t find a preference or a view formatting option for time format. It’s not getting display format from my System Preferences, because I use a 24-hour clock on my Mac.

BLUEFROG · February 13, 2020, 8:37pm

There isn’t a preference for this but the request is noted.

gerrie · February 13, 2020, 9:33pm

Thanks for adding the request.

BLUEFROG · February 13, 2020, 9:38pm

No problem.

cgrunenberg · February 17, 2020, 11:02am

Where exactly is the wrong format used?

BLUEFROG · February 17, 2020, 3:09pm

I was looking at the timstamps for modification, creation, etc. dates in the item list.

The OP may have been referring to other items as well, like placeholder replacements.

The Info inspector displays 12 hour values but since it’s a date control, I don’t think this is editable.

cgrunenberg · February 17, 2020, 3:12pm

It’s indeed a standard control. And over here it uses 24 hours

BLUEFROG · February 17, 2020, 3:21pm

I guess I’ll see in ~2 hours

cgrunenberg · February 17, 2020, 3:29pm

This setting controls only the menu bar, IMHO. But System Preferences > Language & Region > Advanced > Times might work.

gerrie · February 17, 2020, 5:40pm

Thank you very much for your recommendation. Works like a charm.

I have used that Advanced settings dialog before, but it seems more cumbersome in Catalina. Any such settings previously made got lost in my upgrade to Catalina, because I was unable to import any configuration information from my previous system (for reasons not worth detailing here).