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Event.module uses military time (0-24 hours) when creating an event instead of letting the user input AM/PM. This is tripping up a lot of my users...they're used to 4:00 PM, not 16:00. Is there any way to hack this to make this more friendly?

Thanks!

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theview commented

help, anyone?

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bertboerland commented

in europe (where drupal orginated) we are use the 0-24h notation for everything (not just military stuff). but, it *should* be configurable on a site to:
1) the admin chooses to use 0-24h for the site
2) the admin chooses 0-12 [A|P]M for the site
3) the admin lets the user choose between 1) and 2) with a default for either of them for anonymous users.

i will file a feature request and hope someone picks it up

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theview commented

Did anyone pick it up? I upgraded to 4.3 and used event.module for 4.3. Still usin' 24-hour time. While the calendar looks nice, none of my site users are going to be able to understand 19:30.

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ax commented

i cannot resist to post this quote from A Summary of the International Standard Date and Time Notation:

Please consider the 12h time to be a relic from the dark ages when Roman numerals were used, the number zero had not yet been invented and analog clocks were the only known form of displaying a time. Please avoid using it today, especially in technical applications! Even in the U.S., the widely respected Chicago Manual of Style now recommends using the international standard time notation in publications.

of course i agree in that this should be customizable.