How do I change time on my vans clock?

[Tim Lamb]

Indeed. 2 hours summer time made shutting in free range Hens very late. (Fox protection)

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[Peter Johnson]

My Toyota has a different clock to the built-in satnav, and they both need adjusting when the clocks change.

Same with my Nikon and Canon cameras.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Depends on the car. Mine is about three screen taps to get the menu and then one tap to increase increase the hours.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Actually the most practical thing is to have the clock set to UCT or whatever its called, and the DISPLAY adjusted by the calendar data and the timezone

[The Natural Philosopher]

So get up earlier and go to work earlier

When the UK had a three-year

[Max Demian]

Noon according to the 12 hour clock. 12:00 by the 24 hour clock.

[Sam Plusnet]

If you mean "noon", then that is (by definition) neither AM nor PM. Thus any letters you place after those digits can only add confusion.

You could fall back on "Well, you know what I really meant."

[Sam Plusnet]

GPS relies on each of the satellites transmitting a very accurate time signal. Local political decisions, DST and the like, have no part in that process. GPS satellites are above that sort of thing.

[SteveW]

You need the am or pm for a 12 hour clock - 12am = midnight, 12pm = midday. Without it, how can you tell which is which? Meet me at 12 could refer to in the nightclub at 12am or in the restaurant at 12pm!

[Robin]

One conventional way is to refer to "12 noon" or "12 midnight". Though I think a plain, unadorned "noon" or "midnight" is just as clear[1] and avoids taking sides in the 12 vs 24 wars.

[1] albeit in the case of midnight not always clear which day is meant :)

[SteveW]

When emailing or texting, most people (of my acquaintance) would say 12 (without the am or pm if it was clear which), 12am or 12pm for clarity or would use the 24h clock. But you'd never say quarter past noon or quarter past midnight, you'd use 12:15pm or 12:15am.

[Bob Martin]

+99

[SH]

Changing the Van is going to be far easier :-D

[Tim+]

Well GPS uses UTC (GMT as was) so it will be an hour out now.

Turn off GPS syncing and/or tick the “daylight saving” box.

Tim

[Brian Gaff]

Yes there used to be a talking watch which was radio set, but it too needed a button to be operated to do the forward and back by an hour thing. It also seemed to have a mind of its own in parts of Europe.

Surely it cannot be that hard to allow for all eventualities and label a switch accordingly? Brian

[SteveW]

But people can't just choose when to get up and start their day. Most people's day is dictated by when workplaces and schools open and close - even if they don't work. I don't think my neighbours would appreciate it if I decided that the "unused" hours before going to work were a good time to do some noisy DIY for instance, so that would have to be after work and I, like most people, therefore need the light after work, not before.

We maximise daylight for most people's purposes by skewing daylight hours to give more after work.

[Rod Speed]

You only need a switch to turn it off and on. Works fine with any decent mobile phone.

[Rod Speed]

Mine never cared. I did ask given that I was using a very loud hand held circular saw but they said that they had never heard it.

[Max Demian]

It's a convention.

[John]

1 am is one o'clock in the morning, and 11 am is still ante meridiem ie. before noon. An hour later, at 12 am, it is midday.