diff --git a/libs/js/banglejs/locale.js b/libs/js/banglejs/locale.js
index 351bb0d23..afa7c8a8f 100644
--- a/libs/js/banglejs/locale.js
+++ b/libs/js/banglejs/locale.js
@@ -3,12 +3,17 @@ function round(n, dp) {
   var p = Math.min(dp,dp - Math.floor(Math.log(n)/Math.log(10)));
   return n.toFixed(p);
 }
+var _is12Hours;
+function is12Hours() {
+  if (_is12Hours === undefined) _is12Hours = (require('Storage').readJSON('setting.json',1)||{})["12hour"];
+  return _is12Hours;
+}
 exports = { name : "system", currencySym:"£",
   translate : str=>str, // as-is
   date : (d,short) => short?("0"+d.getDate()).substr(-2)+"/"+("0"+(d.getMonth()+1)).substr(-2)+"/"+d.getFullYear():d.toString().substr(4,11).trim(), // Date to "Feb 28 2020" or "28/02/2020"(short)
   time : (d,short) => { // Date to  "4:15.28 pm" or "15:42"(short)
 	  var h = d.getHours(), m = d.getMinutes()
-    if ((require('Storage').readJSON('setting.json',1)||{})["12hour"])
+    if (is12Hours())
       h = (h%12==0) ? 12 : h%12; // 12 hour
     if (short)
       return (" "+h).substr(-2)+":"+("0"+m).substr(-2);
@@ -42,5 +47,6 @@ exports = { name : "system", currencySym:"£",
   distance : (m,dp) => (m<1000)?round(m,dp)+"m":round(m/1000,dp)+"km", // meters to "123m" or "1.2km" depending on size
   speed : (s,dp) => round(s/1.60934,dp)+"mph",// kph to "123mph"
   temp : (t,dp) => round(t,dp)+"'C", // degrees C to degrees C
-  meridian: d => (d.getHours() <= 12) ? "am":"pm" // Date to am/pm
+  meridian: d => is12Hours() ? (d.getHours() <= 12) ? "am":"pm" : "", // Date to am/pm
+  is12Hours,
 };
diff --git a/libs/js/banglejs/locale.min.js b/libs/js/banglejs/locale.min.js
index fb927eaef..2bb3e1bfb 100644
--- a/libs/js/banglejs/locale.min.js
+++ b/libs/js/banglejs/locale.min.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-function e(a,b){void 0===b&&(b=1);return a.toFixed(Math.min(b,b-Math.floor(Math.log(a)/Math.log(10))))}exports={name:"system",currencySym:"\xa3",translate:a=>a,date:(a,b)=>b?("0"+a.getDate()).substr(-2)+"/"+("0"+(a.getMonth()+1)).substr(-2)+"/"+a.getFullYear():a.toString().substr(4,11).trim(),time:(a,b)=>{var c=a.getHours(),d=a.getMinutes();(require("Storage").readJSON("setting.json",1)||{})["12hour"]&&(c=0==c%12?12:c%12);if(b)return(" "+c).substr(-2)+":"+("0"+d).substr(-2);
-b="am";0==c?c=12:12<=c&&(12<c&&(c-=12),b="pm");return(" "+c).substr(-2)+":"+("0"+d).substr(-2)+"."+("0"+a.getSeconds()).substr(-2)+" "+b},dow:(a,b)=>"Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday".split(" ")[a.getDay()].substr(0,b?3:10),month:(a,b)=>"January February March April May June July August September October November December".split(" ")[a.getMonth()].substr(0,b?3:10),number:(a,b)=>{null==b&&(b=2);var c=a.toFixed(b),d=c|0;a=0>a?1:0;b=(""+Math.abs(c-d).toFixed(b)).substr(2,b);d=
-""+d;c=d.length;for(var f="";(c-=3)>a;)f=","+d.substr(c,3)+f;return d.substr(0,c+3)+f+(b?"."+b:"")},currency:a=>{console.log("Warning: Currency information is deprecated");return"\xa3"+a.toFixed(2)},distance:(a,b)=>1E3>a?e(a,b)+"m":e(a/1E3,b)+"km",speed:(a,b)=>e(a/1.60934,b)+"mph",temp:(a,b)=>e(a,b)+"'C",meridian:a=>12>=a.getHours()?"am":"pm"}
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+function e(a,b){void 0===b&&(b=1);return a.toFixed(Math.min(b,b-Math.floor(Math.log(a)/Math.log(10))))}function f(){void 0===g&&(g=(require("Storage").readJSON("setting.json",1)||{})["12hour"]);return g}var g;exports={name:"system",currencySym:"\xa3",translate:a=>a,date:(a,b)=>b?("0"+a.getDate()).substr(-2)+"/"+("0"+(a.getMonth()+1)).substr(-2)+"/"+a.getFullYear():a.toString().substr(4,11).trim(),time:(a,b)=>{var c=a.getHours(),d=a.getMinutes();f()&&(c=0==c%12?12:c%12);
+if(b)return(" "+c).substr(-2)+":"+("0"+d).substr(-2);b="am";0==c?c=12:12<=c&&(12<c&&(c-=12),b="pm");return(" "+c).substr(-2)+":"+("0"+d).substr(-2)+"."+("0"+a.getSeconds()).substr(-2)+" "+b},dow:(a,b)=>"Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday".split(" ")[a.getDay()].substr(0,b?3:10),month:(a,b)=>"January February March April May June July August September October November December".split(" ")[a.getMonth()].substr(0,b?3:10),number:(a,b)=>{null==b&&(b=2);var c=a.toFixed(b),d=c|0;a=
+0>a?1:0;b=(""+Math.abs(c-d).toFixed(b)).substr(2,b);d=""+d;c=d.length;for(var h="";(c-=3)>a;)h=","+d.substr(c,3)+h;return d.substr(0,c+3)+h+(b?"."+b:"")},currency:a=>{console.log("Warning: Currency information is deprecated");return"\xa3"+a.toFixed(2)},distance:(a,b)=>1E3>a?e(a,b)+"m":e(a/1E3,b)+"km",speed:(a,b)=>e(a/1.60934,b)+"mph",temp:(a,b)=>e(a,b)+"'C",meridian:a=>f()?12>=a.getHours()?"am":"pm":"",is12Hours:f}
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