I have %-I:%M %p and I get uppercase AM/PM. I asked Claude.ai and it says (and I'm not sure I believe it!) that %p gives uppercase AM/PM and %P gives lowercase on Linux.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM Rod in Edm <[email protected]> wrote: > Long time WView/Weewx user. Running Weewx 5.2.0 / Seasons skin 5.2.0 on > RPi4B with RaspberryPi OS 64-bit Trixie. Fresh install of Trixie / Weewx > 5.2.0 on Pi4, using Weewx Simulator for now (Vantage 2 is real hardware > target). Locale configured on Weewx install as Ottawa (Canada) and > Edmonton/America, English (essentially MST). > > Trying to format report and graphical image time to give me "12:05:34 > PM". To get this in reports, I'm replacing "%x.%X" in weewx,conf => > StdReport => Defaults => Units => TimeFormats with > > hour = %I:%M:%S %p > etc > > and then restarting weewx (and when that didn't work, stopping weewx and > rebooting the RPi4B). I'm getting "12:05:34 pm", instead of "12:05:34 PM" > in my reports. > > Since Weewx uses strftime() directives to format time, and that function's > manual page shows "%p" as the format for "PM". I'm not sure what's going > on. After reading the strftime() directives doc more carefully, I figured > I'd try "%P" ... but that didn't make any difference. I get that locale > plays a role in this formatting. > > NOT the end of the world, but annoying that I can't dope out what appears > to be a simple problem. Did a search of the forum posts using a mixture of > keywords, but I don't see anything relevant - so I assume I'm just doing > something stupid. > > What am I missing here? > Rod > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/81164eb0-9295-4eb7-a5ed-39ec81bc9926n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/81164eb0-9295-4eb7-a5ed-39ec81bc9926n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Peter Quinn (415)794-2264 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAA1SM21OB9D_t3bk9OmT2Y3ppD8bRRhk5ZfUJ_rMUKasm413DQ%40mail.gmail.com.
