{"id":25425,"date":"2025-08-02T05:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T05:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/uncategorized\/hide-seconds\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:04:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:04:02","slug":"hide-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/bharath-india\/hide-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"Hide Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_69820\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iVfdRj2_tbQ?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This video explains how to simplify the time display in Odoo18 by hiding the seconds, which can create a cleaner and more professional look for your business documents<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Access General Settings<\/strong>: Start by navigating to the <strong>Settings<\/strong> module and then click on <strong>&#8220;General Settings&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Manage Languages<\/strong>: Look for the <strong>&#8220;Languages&#8221;<\/strong> section and click on <strong>&#8220;Manage Languages&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Select Your Language<\/strong>: Find and click on the language you are currently using (e.g., English).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Update Time Format<\/strong>: In the language settings, locate the <strong>&#8220;Time Format&#8221;<\/strong> field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Remove Seconds<\/strong>: The video shows the default time format as <code>%H:%M:%S<\/code>. To hide the seconds, simply remove the <code>:%S<\/code> part from the format, leaving it as <code>%H:%M<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Save Changes<\/strong>: Click the <strong>&#8220;Save&#8221;<\/strong> button at the top left to apply the new time format.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Verify the Results<\/strong>: The video demonstrates the change by navigating to a <strong>Sales Order<\/strong>. The <strong>&#8220;Quotation Date&#8221;<\/strong> field now only displays hours and minutes, without the seconds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Clean Aesthetics<\/strong>: Removing seconds creates a more concise and professional appearance on invoices, quotations, and other reports.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Improved Readability<\/strong>: Makes it easier for both staff and customers to quickly read and understand the time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Focus on Key Information<\/strong>: Hiding less critical data like seconds allows users to focus on the more important parts of the document.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video explains how to simplify the time display in Odoo18 by hiding the seconds, which can create a cleaner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[355],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bharath-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tenthplanet.in\/odoo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}