Clock format

[sdetweil]

@louise said in Clock format:

anything in the code I didn’t, except the 12 and imperial

then u changed something

NEVER edit the source files… ALL changes go thru config.js

the design is that things u specify in config.js override thing in the source code… so you NEVER have to touch the source file.
if you DON’T specify something, then the module default setting will be used…
(each module should document what that is… )

[sdetweil]

@louise again you are pasting the source code… and missed a step,

after the paste into the message here, SELECT the text AGAIN, and then push the code button

we want to see what settings are in config.js for clock, not clock.js

[louise]

@sdetweil

aaaaa

[louise]

@louise I forgot to take out private stuff again

[sdetweil]

@louise nope, still don’t want to see the code

edit your ~/MagicMirror/config/config.js

find the section that says

   module:"clock"

and copy from the line above that is

{

to the macthing line below
that is

}

and paste THAT, and then select it all (ctrl a)
and then it the button

please read the two topics below in my signature…

[louise]

@sdetweil This?

	{
		module: "clock",
		position: "top_left"
	},```

code_text

			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},```
code_text

[sdetweil]

@louise hmm… still not sure what the problem is

select/copy from config.js

replay to message here

paste text

ctrl-a (select all)
(it will have my userid in the select of the reply )
press code block button

I just did this and got

@louise
		{
			module: "clock",
			position: "top_left"
		},

[louise]

@sdetweil Would it be easier if I just started over?

[sdetweil]

@louise said in Clock format:

Would it be easier if I just started over?

with what? ignore what is above

[louise]

@sdetweil Just a new install of Magic Mirror, rename this as MagicMirror1 and do a new install.

[sdetweil]

@louise no… u havent hurt anything… we can get back the changed files easy

the design makes it so we can change the code whenever we need to (we own it) and your implementation is not impacted, and you also aren’t blocked from getting the quarterly updates (next one coming Jan 1) …

if you think it would be easier for you, then sure ,rename the folder, use my script to install again
and then migrate your source file changes to config.js

but u can migrate the changes now, no harm …

[louise]

@sdetweil

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[sdetweil]

@louise said in Clock format:

{
module: “clock”,
position: “top_left”
},

still didnt’ get the select all

and this is the only part we needed

{
module: “clock”,
position: “top_left”
},

it has no config:{} section, so all the module defaults are used

to change some setting here do

{
module: “clock”,
position: “top_left”,     // <-  add a comma (more stuff follows this line) 
config : {
     timeFormat:24, 
}
},

in the setting above clock will use 24 hour format, even if the base is set to 12 hour format

[louise]

@sdetweil Given a choice I would rather just have this figured out. Did I do right this time?

[sdetweil]

@louise no

[louise]

@sdetweil frustrated yet?
It is my config.js

I know it says sample on top but it didn’t mess with any of that. I added in the disabled the compliment and newsfeed like u said so that worked.

I don’t understand apparently.

[sdetweil]

@louise here

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/15954/clock-format/18?_=1638300432581

the part of config.js is right, but the code block is wrong… and its doubled for some reason

when we ask for a module config, we don’t want the WHOLE config.js…
(also, there are private things in there, api keys, maybe passwords, … )

so we want as small as possible focused on A module usually

[louise]

@sdetweil So you are saying I should I this under the the area it says clock module?

config : {
timeFormat:24,
}
},

[sdetweil]

@louise ONLY IF you want to control it separately from (and have it different then ) the base MagicMirror setting

[louise]

@sdetweil I tried to put the code you had in my config but still 24 hr clock.