How to change time on Conky?

[CyberGhostMember]

Hi I searched the forum for an answer but couldn’t find one. Maybe I’m not using the right keywords, I don’t know. I just want to know how do I change the time on Conky from military/24 hour time to standard U.S. 12 hour time? Thanks in advance!

[XecureMember]

I remembered answering this in the past. The search function isn’t the best, but I was able to find my previous reply, which responds the exact oposite of your request, which is funny (at least for me).

Xecure wrote:

About editing the conky. DO this
geany ~/.conkyrc
Look for the line
${alignc}${color8}${font DejaVu Sans:size=12}${time %I:%M} ${font} ${color}
and change %I to %H. It should look like this.
${alignc}${color8}${font DejaVu Sans:size=12}${time %H:%M} ${font} ${color}
As soon as you save, the conky will regenerate with your desired change.

Try it out

In your case, you need to change %H with %I to get 12 hour clock.

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[CyberGhostMember]

@Xecure, thanks so much! Happy holidays!

[dirtydogMember]

Thanks xecure 👍

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