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Re: Determining user's clock preference on iOS
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Re: Determining user's clock preference on iOS


  • Subject: Re: Determining user's clock preference on iOS
  • From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:21:11 -0800

On Feb 22, 2012, at 10:50 PM, Rick Mann <email@hidden> wrote:

> I have a need to format times as either
>
>    24:mm
>
> or
>
>    12:mm
>      am
>
> That is, if the user prefers a 24-hour clock, I want it to appear on a single line. If the user prefers a 12-hour clock, I want the  AM/PM designator to be rendered underneath the time (in smaller type).
>
> Unfortunately, there's no format specifier for the hours of the day that indicates "use the user's preferred format."

What happens if you give +[NSDateFormatter dateFormatFromTemplate:options:locale:] a template that contains "h:m:s a"? Does it rewrite it to "H:m:s" if the current locale uses 24-hour time?

--Kyle Sluder
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