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Enable Military Time in Windows Vista

It’s really very simple to enable the system clock to show military time in Windows Vista, but the setting is not in an obvious place, so you might not have found it.

To change this setting, we’ll need to get to the Regional and Language Options screen. The easiest way to do so is just enter intl.cpl into the Start menu search box and hit enter. You could locate it in control panel if you prefer, though.

From the Regional and Language Options dialog, click the “Customize this format” button, and then select the Time tab.

Change the time format dropdown as shown:

You’ll notice from the key that the capital letter H means 24 hour time, and a single letter means that it won’t display the leading zero.

The Geek is the founder of How-To Geek and a geek enthusiast. This article was written on 03/8/07 and tagged with: Desktop Customization, Windows Vista

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Comments (8)

  1. darshan

    You can do the same on Windows 2000 + :)

  2. Benjamin H.

    *applauds*

  3. NikeRJ

    You can do the same on Windows 3.1 and above!
    It´s not only a military time, but also the defaut time in the majority countries like Brazil and ´cause of that windows have support for this kind of time.

  4. Eek

    Thanks The Geek!
    I was wondering how to fix that problem. Being from Norway (while studying in the US), it’s always confusing when people don’t use military time for me. But at least the computer will be on my side:D

  5. Nick

    Good stuff.
    Didn’t know about it :P

  6. Jan

    Thanks for the hint!

    Seems like here (in Holland) we always use military time. LOL, we just call it the 24-hrs format :)

  7. James Duffield

    Quick Help! Gotta love it!
    Thanks,
    James

  8. Tara

    Awesome!! thank you so much that was really driving me crazy. thanks t


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