KDE – How to Display KDE Lock Screen Time in 24-Hour Format

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Running Kubuntu with the Plasma desktop, 16.04.

I have my desktop configured to 24-hour time, which is what I vastly prefer.

But when the lock screen comes on, it shows me the detested AM/PM format. This cannot stand. Yet after diligent searching, I am unable to find a solution.

Is this configurable in KDE?

Best Answer

Mr/Ms user26687 above hit upon the correct answer in his/her comment above, but I can't mark a comment as The One True Answer, so I will summarize the content of the referenced page at kde.org.

As a bonus, that page contains instructions for changing the date format to YYYY-DD-MM, just like God, ISO and Gary Houston intended. Wasn't even asking for that, but got it anyway. Niii-i-i-i-ice.

HOW TO:

  1. Go to the directory

    /usr/share/plasma/look-and-feel/org.kde.breeze.desktop/contents/components

Therein you will find a file called InfoPane.qml or in 17.04 Clock.qml. Edit it as root.

  1. Find this line:

    text: Qt.formatTime(timeSource.data["Local"]["DateTime"])

    and change it to

    text: Qt.formatTime(timeSource.data["Local"]["DateTime"], "hh:mm:ss")

  2. For the ISO date change, find this line:

    text: Qt.formatDate(timeSource.data["Local"]["DateTime"], Qt.DefaultLocaleLongDate);

    and change it to

    text: Qt.formatDate(timeSource.data["Local"]["DateTime"], "yyyy-MM-dd");

  3. Save the changes.

  4. That's it! You don't even need to log out/in, much less restart anything. Hit Ctrl+Alt+L to lock your screen and see the change immediately.

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