24 hour clock in Sunbird

[Rick]

NoOp wrote:
> On 07/07/2008 02:53 AM, Rick wrote:
>> I have searched everywhere in Sunbird. There is no Help, other than 
>> Release Notes and About. The site is uninformative. I have searched 
>> Ubuntu 8.04. Nowhere have I found a way to change the displayed hours in 
>> Sunbird according to the 24 hour clock. The selections for appointments 
>> are 24, but the display remains AM and PM. Would someone know how make 
>> to make the change to a 24 hour clock?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Rick
>>
> 
> Nope. But I'm sure that some of the folks here will:
> 
> http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/faq.html
> <quote>
> Which newsgroup or forum discusses Sunbird and Lightning?
> 
>     Two Sunbird-/Lightning-related newsgroups exist on the
> news.mozilla.org news server:
> 
>         * mozilla.support.calendar:
>           This newsgroup is dedicated to users of Sunbird or Lightning.
> All user-related discussions (questions regarding the use of the
> product, tips and tricks, workarounds or enhancement requests) should be
> posted here.
>         * mozilla.dev.apps.calendar:
>           This newsgroup is dedicated to the current and future
> developers of Sunbird or Lightning. All developer-related discussions
> (how to best fix a particular bug, how to use a particular interface to
> extend the product or all discussions regarding future product planning)
> should be posted here.
> 
>     Some also use the MozillaZine Calendar Forum
> </quote>
> 
> 
As noted, I had already consulted the FAQ before writing to the List. 
Setting up Ubuntu already occupies too large a part of my daily routine, 
so I wanted to avoid getting involved in more lists or forums. I had 
already run into a brick wall when trying to change the way the date is 
expressed in Thunderbird and elsewhere. Now I'm having the same trouble 
with the hours. It really does defy reason that defining two such simple 
and universal functions requires hours and hour of fruitless research.

1. Is it really true that the only way to define the date expression is 
to change the keyboard? Is there no one in the Ubuntu family who knows 
how to make this change in a more reasonable way?

2. Is there no one in the Ubuntu family who knows how to make Sunbird 
express the hours according to the 24 hour clock? I just took a closer 
look at Thunderbird, and it too shows AM and PM. I hadn't noticed before 
because it was beyond the right end of the window.

I am trying so hard to make this thing work, but the system fights me 
every bit of the way. Tell me now if it's beyond hope, because I can't 
endure this much longer. That's no joke. I'm not playing games. I want 
it to work.

Rick