suggestion for "military time" option

Sten0ne wrote: 2 hours ago

i still dont understand...
if I write some kind of time here... 2026-02-08T14:15:00   This timestamp has been automatically converted to your local date/time for convenience. The format is DD/MMM/YYYY, HH:MM am/pm. This is based off your browser time. it converts it 3h ahead because im in +2Gmt?

The time you put in between [utctolocal] [/utctolocal] must be in UTC time (GMT). I.e., without any time zone modifier. It then displays the time based on each viewer's time zone setting, but it needs UTC input so it knows what time it represents (this is normal in IT, store values in UTC time and then just display according to time zone setting). If you put your own local time in between [utctolocal] [/utctolocal] then it will assume it's UTC, and then add the time zone modifier on top of that when you're viewing it.

This is explained in the help:

On topic - I think allowing the user to select display format would be a nice addition.

Where I live we only use 12h format in informal conversation/text (eg. "something happens at 7" - it's usually implied whether it means am or pm), never for actual timestamps, in schedules, calendars, etc, so it's a bit weird seeing it that way on the site here.

I think @Teebling is using a standard JavaScript function to do the timezone

Conversion and to choose a display format, but I think it should be possible to allow the user to pick a display format (perhaps from a couple different presets?) just like they can choose time zone. Deciding for the user is usually not the best way to go.