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Windows 10: How to Change to a 12-hour Clock

Windows 10: How to Change to a 12-hour Clock

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Mel Hawthorne 16 Comments

Some people prefer reading digital clocks in the 24-hour “military” format. However, a lot of people instead prefer 12-hour clocks. Windows 10 defaults to using the 24-hour format. This guide will cover how to change the clock to use the 12-hour format.

You can configure the time format settings in the Settings app. The easiest way to get to the right page is to right-click on the clock in the taskbar and then click “Adjust date/time”. This option will be near the top of the drop-down box.

Right-click on the taskbar clock and select “Adjust date and time”.

This will open the Settings app on the “Data & time” page. Here you can set what time zone you’re in, but annoyingly you can’t choose between the 12- and 24-hour clocks. To get to the right page, you can click “Date, time & regional formatting” under “Related settings” in the top right. Alternatively, you can click on the “Region” tab. Both will take you to the same place.

In the Region settings, click the link at the bottom of the page, “Change data formats”.

Click “Change data formats” at the bottom of the page.

Here you can change the short and the long time displays to be in the 12-hour format. To do so, click on their respective drop-down boxes and select the short format you prefer. The clock options are the 24-hour and 12-hour clocks, both with and without leading 0’s.

Select the 12-hour clock variant you prefer.

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  1. Eura Grey says

    December 15, 2020 at 6:19 am

    Thank you so much!

  2. Ranjani Rajendran says

    December 8, 2020 at 1:40 am

    Excellent guidelines. You gave step by step instructions clearly.

  3. Fatima says

    November 30, 2020 at 9:59 am

    thank youuuu !!

  4. prabha says

    November 28, 2020 at 7:05 am

    wow daebak ! it works . thanks for making it easy . i was so annoyed by the 24hr format . thanks a ton!

  5. zach says

    October 26, 2020 at 4:59 pm

    Thank you so much!!

  6. Yossi says

    October 25, 2020 at 11:20 am

    Thanks, i tried so long to do it and i didn’t find it till i saw your photos big thanks

  7. Singrai Nirmal Mardi says

    October 19, 2020 at 6:06 am

    Thank you sir, your accurate perfect guideline helps me go to the right path. It’s really very helpful resource you arranged here. May the Almighty Glorify All Efforts.
    Thankfully
    Singrai Nirmal Mardi
    Bangladesh.

  8. Akshay says

    October 10, 2020 at 11:29 am

    It is not working in current windows update. Go to Control panel choose date and time. There will be a button
    ” Change date and time” click it anew window will open. In that window bottom left corner there is a “Change calendar setting” click on it. In new window there are date and time formats. Under that change short time and long time from HH:mm to hh:mm from dropdown list. Click apply button. Time will change to 12 hrs format.

  9. Mani Kandan says

    September 28, 2020 at 6:13 am

    Thank you so much. It has useful to me

  10. Anonymous says

    September 25, 2020 at 11:09 am

    I didn’t see the related settings when you right-click on the taskbar, so I had to look up “”region settings” in the search menu at the bottom. Then, I just followed the instructions as normal. Thanks!

  11. alex says

    September 21, 2020 at 10:41 am

    this doesnt work you have to go to more detailed settings then click time then change HH: to hh:

  12. Tharun Balaji VIII-C says

    September 3, 2020 at 3:05 am

    Thanks for the steps to change the time format !

  13. jayeshgiri says

    August 22, 2020 at 12:01 pm

    Change to a 12-hour Clock
    Thank you so much – how to connect with you life time..

  14. SUBHASH says

    August 19, 2020 at 12:23 pm

    Thanks for the explanation.

  15. Divyesh Yeluri says

    July 9, 2020 at 11:31 am

    Thanks for the guidance!

  16. xyz says

    July 9, 2020 at 3:08 am

    Thank You

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