--- a/zshrc	Thu Jan 09 13:03:20 2020 +0100
+++ b/zshrc	Fri Jan 17 15:29:03 2020 +0100
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 # -u avoids compinit complaining when running as root (see man zshcompsys)
 compinit -u
 
+# setup a valid locale for displaying 24 hour time
+unset LC_ALL
+export LC_TIME=POSIX
+
 # custom functions/aliases that should work on all platforms
 cd() { builtin cd "$@"; print -D $PWD; }
 ff() { find $2 -print0 | xargs -0 grep $1 }