Follow the 'Time Format' (12h/24h) in Greeter's clock

[Antonio Camargo]

Greeter shows the time in the 12h format even when the 24h format was chosen is the system settings. This creates inconsistency and confusion (as most countries use the 24h format)

[richo (richo67)]

I looked at the code. In pantheon-greeter there is file TimeLabel.vala where the time label for greeter is made. Following lines clearly indicates that pm/am and 12 hour display is hard coded:

        var time_format = _("%l:%M");
        var meridiem_format = _(" %p");

The format for time see https://valadoc.org/glib-2.0/GLib.DateTime.format.html.
I think the proper code should not contain meridiem_format at all (requires some other changes to remove this label) and only use time_format as follows:

        var time_format = _("%X");

[richo (richo67)]

I also think that following bug# are about same topic as this one is: 1624217, 1648968

[richo (richo67)]

I have branch the greeter and build new one with above proposed change. Here is the diff as I do not think I can push my change up.

The result has however one difference from previous it also shows a seconds and not only hours and minutes.

[richo (richo67)]

Based on bug 1624217 I am trying to adjust formating as well so the time fits into smaller screen. The size for time CSS is in apps.css.