I absolutely prefer leading zero! No longer a built in option with WFF so I’m coding around it to still have the zero. Some designs don’t look right without it.
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I’m doing the same thing even with the date leading zero.
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Loaded a face on my new Pebble Time 2 with nice big numbers. Didn’t put in leading zeroes. Wrote my own. ( Which required me to reduce the size of the font until memory errors stopping causing the compiler to fail. )
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If some prefer the leading zero because it just looks more natural in a digital presentation, i.e HH:MM format. what about the vertical version?
HH
MM
Does this format, more likely to be a leading zero or allow for a more flexible interpretation for a non-leading zero format? This vertical format in many apple watch design omit the leading zero. But Samsung uses the dimmed leading zero strategy.
Historically the digital clock has been horizontal and not stacked, only with advancement of digital watches do we see more stacked version without a leading zero or artistic reasons.
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If it’s digital it’s leading zero. 9 times out of 10 it’s simple aesthetics.
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A related question. I would presume an AM/PM designation would be helpful if using the 12 hour clock. Would you leave the AM/PM designation when someone switches to 24 hour clock? Or make it disappear or change it to a 24 hr label?
would it be odd to show AM/PM while in 24 mode?
Bielitz, when would you be ok with no leading zero?
I had to actually go thru and look at all of my digital watch faces to see what my trend was/is. 100% with leading zero. I’m not certain why I needed to go and look; apparently I have a type…LOL
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I’ve done that before and also change it to the time zone. I quit doing it so much because which is really more redundant? Telling the 24h people it’s AM/PM or telling them they are using 24h time which they already know. Quite often I will use AM/PM with the time zone and the UTC offset amount. Or I’ll substitute a small UTC time in place of the UTC offset. Or I’ll just not put any of it at all. It all depends on my mood at the time.
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I use a 24h setting, but since I work in an international company, some of my colleagues use AM/PM, and I never know when that is. Sounds stupid, but that’s me I guess. And for those who have 12h setting, they wish for the AM/PM. So often enough I put it on the watch face.
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When it’s not digital 
Ive been an engineer all my life and always used leading zeroes. That’s one reason, the other is aesthetics. To me it looks more balanced with a leadind zero.
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Got it. so its really 9 out of 9 dentist prefer leading zeros.
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I mostly leave the choice to the user. But if they opt for 24 hour, i always display leading zero using #DbZ# tag. I do not show the AM/PM.
For 12 hour display, no leading zero is displayed and i use the #Db# tag. Always displays AM/PM.
I use opacity to display 12 or 24 elements
12 HOUR: $#DTIMEFORMAT#==12?100:0$
24 HOUR: $#DTIMEFORMAT#==12?0:100$
or you can use $#DTIMEFORMAT#==24?100:0$
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When we started with WOS6 #DbZ# was a NOP . Is it Fixed Now ?
Try it for yourself to be sure. It used to be NOP for me also but now its working on sansung watch 8 classic and samsung ultra. Would be good to get someone confirm if it works for them
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Thanks @jason.clarke.uk yes thanks I did a test and it works fine . Tested on an updated GW7 .
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Hi, here is my test bed. Now I’m still a newbie so not sure if this will work with a wide ranges of watches.
But if anyone wants to take a look and make any suggestions, I’m open to it.
I am creating my own font for the digits so this is my attempt at displaying PNGs for each digit in the 12 and 24 hour modes. BTW, this is not the actual fonts. the pics are just placeholders so they are raw.
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Does it publsh ok too?
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I have not tried.
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Good point . I keep doing these test but Forget .
Published fine .
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