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How to change the clock time / date in lxde digital clock ?

Use the date command from a terminal. This requires root privilege and at this time we have no way to set anything that requires privilege.

If you want to change the information that is displayed in the clock, have a look at http://tcl.activestate.com/man/tcl8.3/TclCmd/clock.htm

When using the % commands shown on this page (also using the colon for the time), it will change how the clock information is displayed.

For example, I use %a %D %I:%M %p which will display the abbreviated day of the week, the date in MM/DD/YY format and the time with AM or PM.

To get a 12 hour clock in Lubuntu 10.10,
Right click on the clock applet in the bar and go to Digital Clock Settings at the top. Left click on that.
In the window that opens up, the top line will be "Clock Format" in that line type %I:%M %P
That will get you a 12 hour clock.
Make sure you put a space between the M and the %P. Like this %I:%M %P and not this %I:%M%P