Barry, I'm never very good at this sort of detailed explanation, but the answer lies in the Regional settings in Control Panel. Basically, you need the Regional options within the tabbed regional settings dialogue, and near the top you should find a drop-down list that should be set to UK in your case. Tab on over to customise and in the new form that appears control tab to time. The new form should appear with the first field highlighted and the lower case hh should be changed to upper case HH. Apply the settings an OK out of the dialogue and what you want should be achieved. Sorry if my instructions are less than perfect, but I hope it works for you. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barry Hill Sent: 01 July 2006 11:12 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: 12 hour clock Asthetics. I prefer to here the clock say four ten PM, rather than sixteen ten. Barry ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Hill Hi all I'd like to change my pc clock to twelve hour rather than 24 hour. I've looked in date and time in control panel, but there does not seem to be an option to change it. Can anyone tell me how this can be done? Thanks Barry