How do I check if system is 12 or 24 hour?
I am trying to determine if the current locale is set to 12 or 24 hour, and set am/pm accordingly. This is what I have got right now, but it shows am/pm all the time regardless if it is set to 24.
if (DateFormat.is24HourFormat(this))
{
mHour = mCalendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
int hourOfDay = mHour;
if (hourOfDay>12)
views.setTextViewText(R.id.AMPM, "pm");
if (hourOfDay==12)
views.setTextViewText(R.id.AMPM, "pm");
if (hourOfDay<12)
views.setTextViewText(R.id.AMPM, "am");
}
else {
views.setTextViewText(R.id.AMPM, "");
}
Shouldn't it be
if (!DateFormat.is24HourFormat(this))
You want to assign am/pm only when it is not set to 24 hour format, right?
Here is a more compact version:
if (!DateFormat.is24HourFormat(this)) {
mHour = mCalendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
int hourOfDay = mHour;
if (hourOfDay >= 12) {
views.setTextViewText(R.id.AMPM, "pm");
} else {
views.setTextViewText(R.id.AMPM, "am");
}
} else {
views.setTextViewText(R.id.AMPM, "");
}
Better solution and whole code sample:
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(System.currentTimeMillis());
// below, the "hour" and "min" are variables,to which you want to set
//calendar.For example you can take this values from time picker
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hour);
calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, min);
is24HourFormat = android.text.format.DateFormat.is24HourFormat(context);
if (is24HourFormat) {
// if system uses 24hourformat dateFormat will format the calender time according to 24hourformat. "HH" means 24hourformat
CharSequence setTime = dateFormat.format("HH:mm", calendar);
} else {
// if system doesnt use 24hourformat dateFormat will format the calender time according to 12hourformat. "hh" means 12hourformat and "a" will show am/pm marker
CharSequence setTime = dateFormat.format("hh:mm a", calendar);
}