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Very nice, here is a suggestion: 24-hour clock

I've seen you suggest time zones from all over the world, which is nice. But the AM/PM system is mostly an American thing, a 24-hour clock is more common elsewhere.

I suppose you can query the browser for the appropriate format to use like you are doing for the time zone.

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Thanks for the feedback! Totally forgot 24-hr clock was a thing, will add that as a option asap

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Minor nit: the PM/24 toggle seems to only be for the output text, and doesn't affect the timeline selection scale.

I'll see if I can do something about this, I am using react-big-calendar

Brit living in Australia here - AM/PM is standard in both these places too. Must be an anglo thing.

24h clock is pretty common in the UK; definitely wouldn't say AM/PM is standard at all in my experience.

Yeah, both are widely used in Aus/NZ/UK. It’s not like the USA where some people only know the 24-hour clock as “military time”.

Unlike the rest the Empire, the UK has been greatly influenced by Europe. Use of 24h clock, metric, and "football" instead of "soccer" are examples of this.

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