--- ./localedata/locales/en_US.orig	2021-01-16 18:40:31.050990981 -0600
+++ ./localedata/locales/en_US	2021-01-16 18:42:44.784983583 -0600
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@
 % different from d_t_fmt for historical reasons and has been different
 % since 2000 when date_fmt was added as a GNU extension.  At the end
 % of 2018 it was adjusted to use 12H time (bug 24046) instead of 24H.
-date_fmt "%a %b %e %r %Z %Y"
+% [ Slackware editor's note - no thank you, US users
+% of UNIX-like systems expect a 24 hour clock, just
+% like users in the vast majority of other locales. ]
+%date_fmt "%a %d %b %Y %r %Z"
 %
 % Strings for AM/PM
 %