Displaying times as 24 hour clock as opposed to am & pm

How do I display the times of events as 24 hour clock - 13.15 etc. ?
Fell silly being unable to find where to do this
Thank you for any help
Tim

Hi,
You need to change the way the time is displayed in System Preferences > International > Formats (for Snow Leopard look in 'Language & Text' instead of 'International'). Click the 'Customize...' button by 'Times'.
Change the 'Short:' time by clicking the drop down triangle in the hour token and changing the option from '1-12' to '0-23' or '00-23' depending on which you prefer. Then remove the 'PM" token from the 'Short' field.
Let me know how it goes.
Best wishes
John M

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