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title: How do you change between 12H and 24H time?
description: How do you change between 12H and 24H time (military time vs. am/pm standard time)?
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# How do you change between 12H and 24H time?

You can change the Time Display Format in one of three places:

#### **Personal settings:**

To adjust your own user-specific settings:

- In the top-right corner of Locate, click the **Person icon**
- Click on **Personal Settings**  
  ![personal-settings](https://kb.positrace.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base/personal-settings.png?width=313&height=242&name=personal-settings.png)
- Choose your preferred Time Display Format. If you choose Account Default, your settings will always default to what is set at the Account level.  
  ![](https://kb.positrace.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-23-2024-09-41-25-6889-PM.png?width=680&height=79&name=image-png-Aug-23-2024-09-41-25-6889-PM.png)

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#### **Other User Settings**

If you are an administrator, you can adjust the settings for other users.

- Navigate to **Account **> **Users**
- Use the 3-dot menu to to locate the Edit option  
  ![three-dot-user-edit](https://kb.positrace.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base/three-dot-user-edit.png?width=226&height=177&name=three-dot-user-edit.png)
- Choose your preferred Time Display Format. If you choose Account Default, the settings for this user will always default to what is set at the Account level. 

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#### **Account Settings**

- Navigate to **Account **> **Account Information**
- Choose the preferred Time Display Format for the account  
  ![](https://kb.positrace.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Aug-23-2024-09-42-50-4192-PM.png?width=206&height=76&name=image-png-Aug-23-2024-09-42-50-4192-PM.png)
- This update will roll out to any user who has their own settings set to "Account Default"

 

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