Time and Date format in Vista

I know I know Windows 7 is out in 3 days, but today this irritated me a lot.

Per this reference @ Microsoft:

I should be able to set the date / time format for all utilities in one place.

Seems only partially true. I was able to at least get 24-hour.

Here's what the time format control panel states:




Here's what I see in outlook which is sort of a blend of long and short formats, but not precisely what I've asked for, where did the ":" come from in the time stamp - I didn't ask for that?!?!?!?. Let's see if W7 is any better - kind of doubt it.