

The other way to go about this in Windows 7, 8, and 10 is to click on the date and time in the taskbar and then click Change date and time settings.Ī new dialog will appear and at the top you have to click the Change date and time button.Īnother dialog will pop up where you can actually adjust the date and time manually. I’m not sure where the Short time format is used in Windows, but you can change that too in order to keep everything consistent.

In order for the change to appear in the time shown in the taskbar, you have to change the Long time format. Now in Windows 7 and higher, the Formats tab is front and center and you can change the time format from the Short time and Long time dropdowns.Īgain, the capital H is military time. If you are in Category view, switch to Small or Large icons at the top right.
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In Windows 8 and Windows 10, it’s just called Region. In Windows 7, open the Control Panel and click on Region and Language. I explain the steps below for later versions of Windows. Ironically, it’s faster to use the Control Panel in Windows 7 and higher. Microsoft has kind of done this in Windows 7 and higher, but it takes quite a few clicks to get it done. It would make much more sense to put the option in the Date and Time Properties dialog when you double click on the time in your system tray. Not a very straightforward process at all. Now click OK until you are back to the Control Panel. Lower case h means 12 hour format and upper case H means 24 hour format. Next click on the Customize button on the Regional Options tab.Ĭlick on the Time tab and choose any of the options with the upper case H.
