Version: (using KDE 4.2.0) Installed from: SuSE RPMs When I choose time format pH:MM:SS AMPM, I suppose I get like this 01:30 pm. But I get 01:30 AMPM. I've searched the PO file kcmlocale.po and I can not find pm or am entry, which mean there are not exist. In kde4.1 very thing works fine.
What locale are you using? If it's non-english, does this happen also if you start SystemSettings in English? (running "LANG=C systemsettings" or "LANG=EN systemsettings") Thanks
I use Arabic (Oman). When I try "LANG=EN systemsettings" everything is OK. It seem there is some thing missing in kcmlocale.po. By the way I'm the person who translate kcmlocale.po to Arabic.
I use kde 4.2.1 with Qt4.5 and this bug has gone !!
Created attachment 35121 [details] This screenshot shows the problem. I face this problem again in the KDE4.3 RC1. I think opensuse does something in their version of Qt to fix this. I translate AM and PM entries in the kdeqt.po but it seems root of this problem is not in the translation.
Chusslove, what do you think ?
It is a translation problem in kcmlocale catalog. Messages "HH" through "WEEKDAY" (17 total) are actually keywords, which the user may insert into the format string to have the desired element of time or date. They can be left as is, or translated using any letters (not just ASCII), but must have no spaces in them. Whatever is done, these keywords must then also be consistently used throughout. So the problem with am/pm comes because message "AMPM" is translated to Arabic, but its translation is not used in other places (e.g. in the message with context "some reasonable time formats for the language", or in the long explanatory message about time format).
Created attachment 35125 [details] the new kcmlocale.po @ Chusslove I fixed the keywords by just copy them without any modification. This fix the preview pane only. The Plasma calendar plasmoid still showing AMPM. Moreover, when I change the country (for example Jordon), the preview pane show AMPM again!
The wrong settings have been remember verbatim in KDE configuration, so open ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals and remove every entry with ...Date...= in it. That ought to revert date formats to defaults, which should be correct after the translation fix.
Thanks Chusslove that solve the problem. I will commit the new kcmlocale.po in the next patch of translation.
Superb, then we can close this bug.