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GOAL: I want to set the active hours from 8am to 11pm (within 18hrs max)
ISSUE: in the current Active Hours window, the am/pm field does not display either am/pm. Once I click the start (or end) time for adjustment, neither am/pm is displayed as an option in the right field (which I presume is the am/pm field). There does appear to be a dot in the am/pm field, which I can select "dot" or "blank".
QUESTION: Does the "dot" represent "pm"?
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So, before restarting, I went back and viewed the Active Hours window and noticed the Reset had changed the time (below). Interesting it moved the location of the am/pm to the far left field.
Awesome! I guess that is due to regional practice.
Could you please take a moment to accept the answer?. Wishing you good luck!
Hi Christopher,
Weird glitch. It is AM and PM here. I think dot is PM in your case.
Press Windows+R keys on the keyboard, or Right-click Start on the Taskbar and choose Run.
Type intl.cpl
Press Enter.
Go to Additional Settings > Time tab. Click Reset.
Restart the PC and check if the issue is resolved.
I’m eager to hear back and work together to find a solution.
As soon as I clicked "Reset", the "am" appeared in the system tray clock ("11:44 am"). I had previously adjusted that clock to not display the am/pm. So, before restarting, I went back and viewed the Active Hours window and noticed the Reset had changed the time (below). Interesting it moved the location of the am/pm to the far left field.
Apparently, yesterday, when I was trying to change my sytem tray clock to a long date format, I noticed my Windows did not display the option for selecting "short date" (which was the method all answers gave to change long date) and that missing displayed option somehow prevented me from even having the option to choose or edit the long date format.
Therefore, I asked for a solution to that isseu (on this forum) and the advisor instructed to use: control panel/region/additional settings/date. That path did give me the option to actually edit the long date format. At that time I also changed the "short time" format to not display the am/pm (11:44).
Does this make sense: it appears that in all those attempts to evetually change the long date format and then removing the am/pm in the short time format, I somehow over-rode the Active Hours ability to display am/pm as an option...and now the reset fixed it?
Currently, the issues are resolved for me (see below)
