Add pref to show 24 hour time vs 12 hour am/pm on NTP

[thwaller]

Have you searched for similar issues?

Yes, I have done a few searches. It appears that the ending statement on all is that Brave should be respecting the locale of the host computer. This is not the case for me.

Description

On the Brave homepage / startpage shows the current time in 12 hour am/pm format. I would like this to be 24 hour format, like the rest of my system.

Steps to Reproduce

View the Brave homepage / startpage.

Actual result:

Brave shows the time in 12 hour am/pm format vs the system setting of 24 hour.

Expected result:

Brave should be respecting the system locale, or have a setting to change it to the desired format.

Reproduces how often:

At all times.

Brave version (brave://version info)

Brave Version 0.65.92 Chromium: 74.0.3729.131 (Official Build) beta (64-bit)
Ubuntu Release 18.04.2 LTS (Bionic Beaver) 64-bit
Kernel Linux 5.0.0-15-generic x86_64

Version/Channel Information:

Not tested

• Can you reproduce this issue with the current release? -- Not tested
• Can you reproduce this issue with the beta channel? -- Not tested
• Can you reproduce this issue with the dev channel? -- Not tested
• Can you reproduce this issue with the nightly channel? -- Not tested

Other Additional Information:

• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Shields?
• Does the issue resolve itself when disabling Brave Rewards?
• Is the issue reproducible on the latest version of Chrome?

Miscellaneous Information:

I have read a few posts on this. It appears that the "resolution" is that Brave respects the host system's locale. This is not the case.

[bsclifton]

Thanks for the report 😄 We have this captured with #1308

I'm happy to report that both @imptrx and @cezaraugusto will be working on enhancements for the new tab page soon! Folks wanting to follow along can check out the project board here:
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/projects/19