Signal-desktop: Respect macOS system date/time formats

Created on 5 Aug 2018  路  2Comments  路  Source: signalapp/Signal-Desktop

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Bug description

When using macOS, changes from the default system date/time formats are not respected in Signal Desktop

Steps to reproduce

  1. Change the format for dates or times in macOS (System Preferences>Language & Region). In my case, I have "24-Hour Time" checked, and the dates customized so that the "full date" format is (for example) "Thursday, 01 April 1976".
  2. Look at the timestamps in Signal desktop

Actual result:

Signal displays times with a 12 hour clock and default date format

Expected result:

Signal displays times with a 24 hour clock and uses the OS date formats where a full timestamp is shown.

Screenshots

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Platform info

Signal version: v1.15.0

Operating System: macOS 10.13.4

Linked device version: iOS 2.28.0.15

Feature Request

Most helpful comment

Could we perhaps expand this feature request to also include Signal Desktop respecting Windows OS time and date settings? I'd love to get at least the 24-hour clock timestamps in Win10, just as glward wants to have on macOS.

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Could we perhaps expand this feature request to also include Signal Desktop respecting Windows OS time and date settings? I'd love to get at least the 24-hour clock timestamps in Win10, just as glward wants to have on macOS.

Would it be correct to assume that there is no option to switch to 24 hour clock in Signal preferences?

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