Even if UTC itself is a bridge too far, at least consider a 24hr clock, in order to obviate that AM/PM ambiguity.
Because it was very easy to miss a little "PM" pip in the corner, when reading or setting the time; and setting an alarm depended on getting the pip correct, so eliminating the pip for me meant eliminating ambiguity in the digits.
It's been a fairly successful transition, although sometimes I look at "16:15" and think it's 6pm so the "mentally subtracting 12" needs practice. And there are still special snowflake UI widgets that ignore my i18n settings, and constrain how I enter or specify a time.