New help fixing time from UTC to my local time in Florida

[Adrianwx23]

Do you get AM/PM with the command below?

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LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 date

Yes looks like AM there BUT Still looks like 24hr to me it has a 0 in front of the 5.

It should read 5:30am

[rogerthn]

Sorry but I'm not able to find a LC_TIME without leading zero for hour.

[ConligWX]

I'm guessing chatgpt would be your best friend.

a quick find there gives some help.

If you want to permanently change the system's time format, you'll need to adjust the locale settings or the system clock format settings. Here's a general approach to change the system-wide time format on a Raspberry Pi:

Locale Configuration:

You can change the locale settings to a locale that uses the 12-hour time format.

Edit the locale configuration file:

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sudo nano /etc/locale.gen

Find the line with the desired locale and uncomment it. For example, uncomment the en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 line.

Then, generate the locale:

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sudo locale-gen

Finally, set the system's default locale:

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sudo update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

System Clock Format:

To change the system clock format, you can use the timedatectl command:

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sudo timedatectl set-time-format 12-hour

This command sets the system's clock format to 12-hour. To revert back to 24-hour format, you can use:

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sudo timedatectl set-time-format 24-hour

After making these changes, you may need to restart the system or log out and log back in for the changes to take effect.

Remember to choose the approach that best suits your needs and preferences!

I cant say what will work for you but it maybe a trial and error approach. remember give ChatGPT as much information as possible with your circumstances and therefore the answer should work without more questions being answered.

[Adrianwx23]

I'm guessing chatgpt would be your best friend.

a quick find there gives some help.

If you want to permanently change the system's time format, you'll need to adjust the locale settings or the system clock format settings. Here's a general approach to change the system-wide time format on a Raspberry Pi:

Locale Configuration:

You can change the locale settings to a locale that uses the 12-hour time format.

Edit the locale configuration file:

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sudo nano /etc/locale.gen

Find the line with the desired locale and uncomment it. For example, uncomment the en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 line.

Then, generate the locale:

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sudo locale-gen

Finally, set the system's default locale:

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sudo update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8

System Clock Format:

To change the system clock format, you can use the timedatectl command:

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sudo timedatectl set-time-format 12-hour

This command sets the system's clock format to 12-hour. To revert back to 24-hour format, you can use:

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sudo timedatectl set-time-format 24-hour

After making these changes, you may need to restart the system or log out and log back in for the changes to take effect.

Remember to choose the approach that best suits your needs and preferences!

I cant say what will work for you but it maybe a trial and error approach. remember give ChatGPT as much information as possible with your circumstances and therefore the answer should work without more questions being answered.

Can you please post the exact commands i would need to enter to get 12hr AM PM time here in florida it's 6:59am. I don't understand what you mean by "uncommon" . My apologies for all the questions juts trying to get this fixed once and for all. Appreciate all the help.

[rogerthn]

Can you please post the exact commands i would need to enter to get 12hr AM PM time here in florida it's 6:59am. I don't understand what you mean by "uncommon" . My apologies for all the questions juts trying to get this fixed once and for all. Appreciate all the help.

Please try

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sudo sed -i 's/%I/%l/g' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US

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sudo locale-gen

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sudo update-locale

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LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 date

Next step would be to change default

[Adrianwx23]

Can you please post the exact commands i would need to enter to get 12hr AM PM time here in florida it's 6:59am. I don't understand what you mean by "uncommon" . My apologies for all the questions juts trying to get this fixed once and for all. Appreciate all the help.

Please try

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sudo sed -i 's/%I/%l/g' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US

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sudo locale-gen

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sudo update-locale

Then try

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LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 date

Next step would be to change default

Gonna try this now from work after I enter these commands what do I do? Please advise

Really appreciate your help

[rogerthn]

I "need" to see that you are happy with

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LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 date

What you could do before the final step is to show me the contents of your /etc/default/locale i.e.

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cat /etc/default/locale

[Adrianwx23]

I "need" to see that you are happy with

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LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 date

What you could do before the final step is to show me the contents of your /etc/default/locale i.e.

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cat /etc/default/locale

Ok standby gonna try those first commands first. appreciate your patience

[Adrianwx23]

Can you please post the exact commands i would need to enter to get 12hr AM PM time here in florida it's 6:59am. I don't understand what you mean by "uncommon" . My apologies for all the questions juts trying to get this fixed once and for all. Appreciate all the help.

Please try

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sudo sed -i 's/%I/%l/g' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US

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sudo locale-gen

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sudo update-locale

Then try

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LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 date

Next step would be to change default

Gonna try this now from work after I enter these commands what do I do? Please advise

Really appreciate your help

For this command are there any spaces? It's all together?

sudo sed -i 's/%I/%l/g' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US

[Adrianwx23]

Can you please post the exact commands i would need to enter to get 12hr AM PM time here in florida it's 6:59am. I don't understand what you mean by "uncommon" . My apologies for all the questions juts trying to get this fixed once and for all. Appreciate all the help.

Please try

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sudo sed -i 's/%I/%l/g' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US

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sudo locale-gen

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sudo update-locale

Then try

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LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 date

Next step would be to change default

Gonna try this now from work after I enter these commands what do I do? Please advise

Really appreciate your help

Says no such file or directory when i enter this command. sudo sed -i 's/%I/%l/g' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US

[rogerthn]

There are spaces.
I normally use SELECT ALL, Copy and Paste.

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[Adrianwx23]

There are spaces.
I normally use SELECT ALL, Copy and Paste.Screenshot 2024-04-17 154003.png

[rogerthn]

Whoops, your first try did have user and not usr

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sudo sed -i 's/%I/%l/g' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US

is failing please show me output from the commands below?

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cat /etc/os-release

and

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ls -l /usr/share/i18n/locales/en*

[ConligWX]

Can you please post the exact commands i would need to enter to get 12hr AM PM time here in florida it's 6:59am. I don't understand what you mean by "uncommon" . My apologies for all the questions juts trying to get this fixed once and for all. Appreciate all the help.

I never said "uncommon"

do you mean "uncomment"

that means remove the comment tag (usually the #)

so the locale.gen on my server shows the following(part of the file is shown and not all of it).

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en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8
# en_HK ISO-8859-1
# en_HK.UTF-8 UTF-8
# en_IE ISO-8859-1
# en_IE.UTF-8 UTF-8
# en_IE@euro ISO-8859-15
# en_IL UTF-8
# en_IN UTF-8
# en_NG UTF-8
# en_NZ ISO-8859-1
# en_NZ.UTF-8 UTF-8
# en_PH ISO-8859-1
# en_PH.UTF-8 UTF-8
# en_SC.UTF-8 UTF-8
# en_SG ISO-8859-1
# en_SG.UTF-8 UTF-8
# en_US ISO-8859-1
# en_US.ISO-8859-15 ISO-8859-15
# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

as you see "en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8" is uncommented. it has NO # tag. the # means the line is a comment. if you remove the # on a line, then then line becomes a setting or command.

if you are in florida, then you would set

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# en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

to

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en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8

so it is uncommented. no other line should be uncommented except for the locale YOU are wanting. does that make sense?

then carry on with the rest of the commands. or ask ChatGPT.

[Adrianwx23]

Whoops, your first try did have user and not usr
Screenshot 2024-04-17 164103.png

If

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sudo sed -i 's/%I/%l/g' /usr/share/i18n/locales/en_US

is failing please show me output from the commands below?

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cat /etc/os-release

and

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ls -l /usr/share/i18n/locales/en*