[SOLVED] Convert "date" to show 24 hour format

[lbm]

It seems after updating to buster, that the command now shows the date in AM/PM (12 hour) timeset.
Can this be changed, so it shows 24 hours instead ?

I know, I can "mangle" it with the format options, but its not exactly what I want.

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#date
Fri 06 Sep 2019 05:51:42 PM CEST

[reinob]

What are your locale settings?

Run "locale" on the command prompt and post the output.
I have LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8 (gives you English with sane, er, European formatting).

[Bloom]

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sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.utf8
sudo localectl set-locale LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8

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20:08 ~ $ date
Fri  6 Sep 20:08:27 BST 2019

I see nothing in the man pages as what its default output format is. Would the locale affect it 12/24 hour?

[lbm]

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sudo localectl set-locale LANG=en_US.utf8
sudo localectl set-locale LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8

Thanks, seems to have fixed it. It generates/sets LC_TIME in /etc/default/locale , and it now shows correctly after an relogin.