24h time system

[mendesrocha]

Hello!

Is it possible to have 24 hour time system instead of the standard 12h-AM/PM system used in the OCS?

If yes, please, how can I set it?

Thanks,
Renato

[jmacgreg]

Hi Renato,

You should be able to change to a 24h time system by editing config.inc.php's short and long date formats under General Settings. The part you will want to edit looks like this:

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; Short and long date formats
date_format_trunc = "%m-%d"
date_format_short = "%Y-%m-%d"
date_format_long = "%B %e, %Y"
datetime_format_short = "%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p"
datetime_format_long = "%B %e, %Y - %I:%M %p"
time_format = "%I:%M %p"

Variables and their explanations can be found here: http://ca3.php.net/strftime.

[mendesrocha]

Hello James,

Thanks for your information.

I changed the date format on the config.inc.php from

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datetime_format_short = "%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p"
datetime_format_long = "%B %e, %Y - %I:%M %p"
time_format = "%I:%M %p"


to

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datetime_format_short = "%d-%m-%Y %H:%M"
datetime_format_long = "%B %e, %Y - %H:%M"
time_format = "%H:%M"


but it takes no effect on the Scheduler Manager.

When I am going to schedule the presentatins I still got the 12h-AM/PM system.

Renato

[jmacgreg]

Hi Renato,

Apologies, I overlooked the fact that in some cases you will need to edit the template itself. For the scheduler for example, you will have to open the file templates/manager/scheduler/specialEventsForm.tpl; find any instance of 'use_24_hours=false'; and change to 'use_24_hours=true'. To change for your entire system you will want to do a search and replace for that snippet against the entire codebase, and of course you will want to keep track of your changes if/when you upgrade.

Cheers,
James

[ramon]

Hello all,
I'm not sure if I should post this here.
I may eventually do the worst thing in forums and cross-post (here) just to reinforce the point.
The point is that date-time configurations should be defined by language.
This means that a single option to define the formats is not enough for a multilingual system.
I believe the simplest way to do this is to create separate config files for languages, loaded when language changes (maybe even created on-the-fly after installation) and a general config file with the basics.
Then, the administrator would have a new option to configure each option for each language.
I think this makes more sense, although not sure how or if it will/should be implemented.
The date-time config may also be implemented as a Pluing, if possible...