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Time format for United States incorrectly uses 24 hour format

Affected version

Ubuntu Groovy GNOME 3.3.6.2 Wayland/Xorg

Bug summary

I noticed on a fresh install that although I had selected United States as my region, that the time format used in the shell is 24 hours.

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install GNOME
  2. Ensure you are using United States as region
  3. Check the clock in the shell

What happened

GNOME Shell uses the 24 hour clock, so the time now shows as 18:13.

What did you expect to happen

I expect to see 6:13 PM.

If you look at the "Times" format in the formats dialog, you can see that GNOME knows that the time should be shown as AM/PM, but the preference is not set correctly on install.

Relevant logs, screenshots, screencasts etc.

If you look at the "Times" format in the formats dialog, you can see that GNOME knows that the time should be shown as AM/PM, but the preference is not set correctly on install.

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