diff --git a/DayTimeMoneyBoxThaiFormat.cs b/DayTimeMoneyBoxThaiFormat.cs
index 8d87a3b..f6e58fe 100644
--- a/DayTimeMoneyBoxThaiFormat.cs
+++ b/DayTimeMoneyBoxThaiFormat.cs
@@ -51,8 +51,13 @@ public static void PrefixDrawTextWithShadow(SpriteBatch b, ref string text, Spri
         //line:297: Utility.drawTextWithShadow(b, dateText,
         if (CallStack_drawTextWithShadow_Count == 2)
         {
-            text = LocalizedContentManager.FormatTimeString(Game1.timeOfDay,
-                LocalizedContentManager.CurrentModLanguage.TimeFormat).ToString();
+            // the HUD clock should use ClockTimeFormat (like desktop DayTimeMoneyBox does),
+            // falling back to TimeFormat if the language pack doesn't define it
+            var modLanguage = LocalizedContentManager.CurrentModLanguage;
+            var format = !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(modLanguage.ClockTimeFormat)
+                ? modLanguage.ClockTimeFormat
+                : modLanguage.TimeFormat;
+            text = LocalizedContentManager.FormatTimeString(Game1.timeOfDay, format).ToString();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/ModEntry.cs b/ModEntry.cs
index 5489cab..1242f1a 100644
--- a/ModEntry.cs
+++ b/ModEntry.cs
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ private void GameLoop_SaveLoaded(object? sender, StardewModdingAPI.Events.SaveLo
         if (LocalizedContentManager.CurrentLanguageCode != LocalizedContentManager.LanguageCode.mod)
             return;
 
-        // check if mod Thai then patch time format
+        // patch the HUD clock for any mod language that defines a time format
+        // (e.g. Thai ELL.StardewValleyTHAI, Ukrainian Pereclaw.ukrainizacija, ...)
         List<ModLanguage> modLanguages = Game1.content.Load<List<ModLanguage>>("Data\\AdditionalLanguages");
         var targetModLanguage = modLanguages.FirstOrDefault();
-        if (targetModLanguage?.Id == "ELL.StardewValleyTHAI")
+        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(targetModLanguage?.ClockTimeFormat)
+            || !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(targetModLanguage?.TimeFormat))
             DayTimeMoneyBoxThaiFormat.ApplyPatch(Instance.harmony);
     }
 }