Newbie - How to i get 24 hour format and not the AM/PM for logs and ui frontent?

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#1

Sorry, this is probably very obvious for most HA users, but to my defence, i am new to HA.

I cant seem to find any option to set the time format to 24h instead of AM/PM 12h format.
The localization is set to somewhere in Norway, (longitude, latitude), unit_system set to metric, language is set to English (I dont want Norwegian language in the front end)

Computer (mac ) is set to English, but in 24h format, Chrome is set to English but 24h format , javascript test (“alert(new Date().toLocaleTimeString());”) gives me 24 hour format .

I cant find ANY setting that i can set in Home assistant to get the correct time format.
Some lovelace cards has the option to set hour24: true, but most dont.

I have NEVER ever had problems getting a system/app/os to give me the right time format befoe.

I am new to HA, but this shouldnt be this difficult, so i am very embarrassed to have to ask for help to this issue. I have to been strugling with this for days, and are so sick and tired of this that i am considering to move to another system.
:face_vomiting:

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#2

Formatting is based on Display language in profile settings

#3

Try English UK (or GB) - iirc the default for the US is the 12 hour clock, but this side of the pond we prefer proper time :wink:

/waits to see if any Americans take the bait :joy:

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#4

@anon43302295
Ohhh my god, finally … Thank you good sir <3. I was ready to move to another home automation system.

@dimitrichko
Defaulting to time format based on language is maybe a god idea, but i have NEVER ever used a system that force a time/date format based on Display language :joy:

What about all the Americans that smart enough to use 24H format?. Are the poor souls forced to this ridiculous AM/PM format or do they need to have British English as front end language ? :crazy_face:

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#5

I guess you must have found out by now, but for future reference for other users:
The language settings are being used for the time by default, but you can manually select the desired format from the user profile settings.

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#6

coming late but found the same issue. Which Profile? It seams tied to the HA-user but can’t find any profile settings.

When logging in as user “kiosk” I see AM/PM, when logging in as “owner” I get 24h time. Both consistently on Android/Opera, on Windows/Chrome and on Windows/Firefox… (running HA-blue for dummies, HA OS 7.6 and HA 2022.3.8 , Timezone Europe/Zurich, Frontend version: 20220301.2 - latest)

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#8

only thing, that worked for me is to change language settings of my browser from English (US) to English (UK)