• Registered: 2019-11-30
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Topic: Calendar Time Format

I've seen several posts related to time but none that address a unique request I got from a user the other day.

Is there a way to allow a Public user to change the time display format?

Here's my scenario.  The calendar is to provide my users details about upcoming events.  All users are Public users and have no need to add events to the calendar.

They can, via the Options change the display mode to their liking. (i.e. Year, Month, Day, Category, etc.)  What they can't change is how the times are displayed on the calendar.  By default, I have the calendar set up using 24hr time format.  But some users would prefer 12hr time formats.

I've been unable to find anywhere a way for the user to set the time format they would prefer.  Is there a way to do this?

I struggle with time displays throughout the website.  Time always seems to be a PITA!  But I've always seen where 24hr time is very confusing to a lot of folks so having the ability for them to set this through the Option box would be of great benefit.

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  • Roel
  • Roel
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Re: Calendar Time Format

Hi there,
I'm sorry, but the users can't change the time format. As you know, the administrator can specify the time format and that format is applicable for all users.
You are the first asking for this; if there was a great demand for this, we could add this option to the Options Panel, but we are afraid that the next request will be to add the option to change the date formats and then the first day of the week (Sunday or Monday), etc.

I thought Americans always wanted 12hr am/pm times and Europeans 24hr times. But apparently this is not true.

Roel

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  • Registered: 2019-11-30
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Re: Calendar Time Format

LOL, Roel. I've worked in computers all my life and can never understand why folks like the 12hr format.

I understand why you don't want to go there.  I have done it on my site including allowing the user to pick the date format.  It's nothing but a headache.

I was able to find a way to accommodate the request.  If there's a way I can contact you privately, Id be happy to share it with you.

Thanks for your quick reply.

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  • Roel
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Re: Calendar Time Format

If you can make the Americans change their date format from 12-31-2019 to 31-12-2019, or even better 2019-12-31, I will add this "time format option" to the Options Panel.
Have you ever looked at the order of the parameters of PHP's mktime function. The American (must be) who specified this should be jailed for life, or even better, should be forced to work with the Trump administration for a year wink

My mail address is at the bottom of the Contact Us page.

Roel

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