You’ll start by heading into settings on your smartphone or tablet which is either in the application tray usually as a gear-shaped settings icon, or it’s also in the notification pulldown shade. Once you’re in settings, which can look slightly different from each manufacturer, you’ll scroll down to the Date & time settings. This may be in a “device” or “system” tab on Galaxy devices.
Settings > scroll to Date & time > and simply tap the “Use 24-hour format” option in the settings menu
Once selected (as shown at the top of the page) your phone or tablet will instantly switch over to the 24 hour clock without a reboot or anything. You’ll go from 9:30 AM to 09:30, or 2 PM will be 1400. Of course this settings menu is also where you’d uncheck 24-hour format if for some reason your smartphone is showing a 24 hour clock, and you’d rather it be regular instead.
This same settings menu is home to tons of other date & time related options too, if you’d like. You can set the phone to automatically choose the date and time based on your phones location and network connection, which is helpful for auto-switching while traveling. And there is usually an option to choose the date format for those who’d rather have the day come before the month, or vise versa.
This is one of those simple settings that many users just don’t take the time to look for, but is readily available once you take a look. Change the settings as you’d like and enjoy.
