diff --git a/config/menus_settings.cfg b/config/menus_settings.cfg
index 24de1e30..944ca44a 100644
--- a/config/menus_settings.cfg
+++ b/config/menus_settings.cfg
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ menuitem [Reset to default scoreboard...] [ loop rsl (listlen $DEFAULT_SCOREBOAR
 menuitem [Close] [ closecurmenu ]
 
 alias wallclockformat "" // strftime formatting
-alias wallclockformatlist ["" %H:%M %H:%M:%S %I:%M%P %I:%M:%S%P U%H:%M U%H:%M:%S] //"U" at beginning means UTC/GMT time
+alias wallclockformatlist ["" %H:%M %H:%M:%S %I:%M%p %I:%M:%S%p U%H:%M U%H:%M:%S] //"U" at beginning means UTC/GMT time
 
 newmenu HUD
 
diff --git a/source/src/renderhud.cpp b/source/src/renderhud.cpp
index c3cdbb25..8bdb2b36 100644
--- a/source/src/renderhud.cpp
+++ b/source/src/renderhud.cpp
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ void gl_drawhud(int w, int h, int curfps, int nquads, int curvert, bool underwat
     const char *ltimeformat = getalias("wallclockformat");
     bool wallclock = ltimeformat && *ltimeformat;
     //wallclockformat beginning with "U" shows UTC/GMT time
-    if(wallclock) formatstring(ltime)("%s", timestring(*ltimeformat != 'U', ltimeformat + int(*ltimeformat == 'U')));
+    if(wallclock) filtertext(ltime, timestring(*ltimeformat != 'U', ltimeformat + int(*ltimeformat == 'U')), FTXT_TOLOWER);
 
     if(showstats)
     {