base: Set LC_TIME correctly to get 24h clock

roles/base/tasks/RedHat.yml

@@ -124,6 +124,27 @@
     dest: /etc/GREP_COLORS
     state: absent
 
+- name: Check date format
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: |
+      set -o pipefail
+      localectl status | grep -E '^\s+LC_TIME=C.UTF-8$'
+    executable: /bin/bash
+  register: locale_check
+  changed_when: false
+  failed_when: false
+  check_mode: false
+
+- name: Set date format to use 24 hour clock
+  ansible.builtin.command:
+    argv:
+      - localectl
+      - set-locale
+      - LC_TIME=C.UTF-8
+  register: result
+  changed_when: result.rc == 0
+  when: locale_check.rc != 0
+
 - name: Store date and time for bash history
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     dest: /etc/profile.d/history.sh