The chat timestamp format seems to depend on the chat theme, and the default Unity chat theme uses a format like "7:49:59 PM". I got the "19:49" format I wanted by switching to a different theme.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to empathy in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/487359 Title: empathy chat timestamps not in gnome-specified format Status in Chat app, and Telepathy user interface: Confirmed Status in “empathy” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: empathy For long running IM conversations, empathy helpfully displays a timestamp every so often. unfortunately, does not respect the configured-elsewhere-in-gnome/locale date/time format, and displays, for example "16:05" instead of "4:05 PM". To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/empathy/+bug/487359/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
