how to tell if a user's culture/preference is to use 12 hour time or 24 hour times?

Skaperen · 09-01-2019, 06:29 PM

is there some easy way for a shell script to determine if (maybe, something in i18n) a user's culture/preference is to use 12 hour time or 24 hour times?

frankbell · 09-01-2019, 07:00 PM

Have the script ask the user which they prefer: "Do you want local time in 24-hour format? (y/N)." Then proceed accordingly.

ondoho · 09-02-2019, 01:15 AM

Isn't that part of

Code:

locale

???

scasey · 09-02-2019, 01:21 AM

Is this a user on your server or a visitor to your website?
I think we need more details...

Firerat · 09-02-2019, 06:17 AM

tbh it is probably impossible

12/24 hr seems a personal preference,
Unlike date which is cultural.

I would set 24hr and let user change if they desired
but I'm biased as I always seem to need to change from 12 to 24
is it always 12 due to cultureDb ? I have no idea.

it might not always be 12, I may just have a better recall of it as effort was involved switching it to 24

It would also be nice everyone defaulted to yyyy-mm-dd, I *always* have to change that

DavidMcCann · 09-02-2019, 10:45 AM

It's definitely personal. Most people here in the UK use 12-hr, but I get quote touchy if I can't use 24-hr!

ondoho · 09-03-2019, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Firerat

12/24 hr seems a personal preference,
Unlike date which is cultural.

Oh, I didn't know that.
Where I live I'm pretty sure 24h is the standard.
Not in spoken language though.