Feature request: Tag for indicating the user's hour preference

[Svensei38]

Hi,

A very useful feature for making great localized watch faces would be a tag indicating the user’s hours preference.
For example: #DHF# would return either 12 or 24.

Thx,
Svensei38

[jmorga106]

@sven.billiau_facer,
there is a tag that automatically reads the users pref

Just Launched! User's Preference Tag for 12/24 hr Time Format

Just Launched! User's Preference Tag for Time Format Want to maximize your syncs? With our new #DB# tag, your watch can appeal to users of either the 12 hour OR 24 hour clocks! Now you can design your watch to check a user's preference and use the time format they prefer. Try it out today! You can even swap this tag out in your old watches - instead of using #Dh# or #DH#, use #Db# and give the power to the people! Unless you have a really awesome reason not to, we strongly recommend using …

[Svensei38]

Hi jmorga106,

I know the #Db# tag very well, but that tag can’t tell me if I have to hide the AM/PM indicator when the user prefers 24-hour format. Right?

Greetz,
Svensei38

[Svensei38]

@Facer_Official

I have a request from @Sammyh25 via a comment on my watch face to actually implement this.
Have you considered implementing this tag? Any kind of response would be appreciated.

Kind regards,
Svensei38

[andrew.dowden]

… but that tag can’t tell me …

Any solution should BOTH support the designer to determine the user preferences AND determine whether the design (as published) supports all or only specific variants.

As I commented here:

Just Launched! User's Preference Tag for 12/24 hr Time Format

Just Launched! User's Preference Tag for Time Format Want to maximize your syncs? With our new #DB# tag, your watch can appeal to users of either the 12 hour OR 24 hour clocks! Now you can design your watch to check a user's preference and use the time format they prefer. Try it out today! You can even swap this tag out in your old watches - instead of using #Dh# or #DH#, use #Db# and give the power to the people! Unless you have a really awesome reason not to, we strongly recommend using …

I am working on a possible solution …

[jmorga106]

@Svensei38,
Can’t you hide the am/pm indicator if #Db# is greater than 12? If the user has 12hr mode set Db value will never hit 13. However if 24hr mode is set Db will run up to 23

John

[Svensei38]

@jmorga106,

The #Db# will return between 1 and 12 between 1AM until 12PM in both 12-hour format and 24-hour format.
You can’t see the difference during that time of day, so half of the day you know the user’s preference, the other half you don’t. Do I hide it between 1AM and 12PM, or do I show AM/PM?

12AM #DH#==#Db# false
1AM #DH#==#Db# true
2AM #DH#==#Db# true
…
11AM #DH#==#Db# true
12PM #DH#==#Db# true
1PM #DH#==#Db# false
2PM #DH#==#Db# false
…
10PM #DH#==#Db# false
11PM #DH#==#Db# false

Svensei38