Feature request: 24h clock format in reader

[TMF]

The ebook reader allows the time to be displayed in the header or footer. Only the US-style 12-hour-clock is supported (e.g. "2:50 pm").

I suggest adding a "Clock (24h)" option that outputs the time in the 24-hour-clock style (e.g. "14:50"). This is the preferred style outside English-speaking countries. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock.

Thanks!

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

It's not any particular format, it is supposed to use the locale
settings from your system. Is that not the case on your system?

[TMF (t-m-fischer)]

No, my locale is set to use the 24 h clock. I just checked in the Windows 10 locale settings.

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Well then its a bug in Qt WebEgine not using your system locale. It
might be possible to workaround it by using the system format directly.
What does running the follwoing in a command prompt return:

calibre-debug -c "from PyQt5.Qt import *; app = QApplication([]); print(QLocale.system().timeFormat(QLocale.ShortFormat))"

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

Fixed in branch master. The fix will be in the next release. calibre is usually released every alternate Friday.

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