Doodle always allowed to specify time spans like “8am-9am”. But now Doodle also “understands” time spans and properly recognizes an appointment’s start and end time. This is very useful when you import a Doodle appointment directly into your calendar (e.g., Outlook, Google Calendar, etc.), because the appointment will then show up with the correct times, along with all the other relevant information like date, subject, description, and the list of participants.
Example of a Doodle event imported into Google Calendar
October 27, 2008 at 12:07 am
Is it possible to have Doodle show 24-hour times instead of 12-hour times with AM/PM?
October 27, 2008 at 9:51 pm
Mark
No, when used/viewed in English, Doodle uses 12-hour times with the AM/PM marker. When used/viewed in another language, Doodle uses that language’s time format.
April 11, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Not being able to use 24 hour times is what’s keeping me from using the otherwise very nice service. That’s a pity and a bit frustrating. Maybe you could add a simple option that makes the site display the entered string verbatim without trying to parse the time? That would be great – I personally don’t need or want any special parsing of the time.
April 12, 2010 at 1:17 pm
@Joel,
Doodle automatically picks your locale’s time format. In which country do you live?
Every poll participant will see it in their own format. E.g. 24hour in Switzerland, AM/PM in U.S.
Cheers,
Reto
June 18, 2010 at 12:01 am
I totally agree – stupid that there’s not an option to select 24 hour format display… STUPID!
June 23, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Hi Martin, please see Reto’s comment above for more information on how Doodle chooses between the two formats.
May 6, 2011 at 12:45 pm
I strongly encourage implementing 24h clock selection. I live in a country where 24h clock is being used. AM/PM is SUPER-confusing for people not used to it. My browser/OS are in English and I have not managed to get Doodle to use 24h clock. This has caused me NOT to use Doodle. Sorry.