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Use

The 12-hour time format is supported for the development of Web Dynpro ABAP applications. This makes it possible to use the am/pm designations that are usual in English-speaking countries.

For more information on the 12-hour time format, see Time Format in the ABAP keyword documentation (transaction ABAPHELP) in the system.

Prerequisites

You can define the desired time format for your user in your user data.

  1. Choose Start of the navigation path System Next navigation step User Profile Next navigation step Own Data End of the navigation path.

  2. Go to the Defaults tab page.

  3. In the field for setting the time format , select the required option from the following entries:

    • 24-hour format (example: 12:05:10)

    • 12-hour format (example: 12:05:10 PM)

    • 12-hour format (example: 12:05:10 pm)

    • Hours from 0 to 11 (example: 00:05:10 PM)

    • Hours from 0 to 11 (example: 00:05:10 pm)

  4. Save your entries.

Features

The following formats are used depending on the default values for the user:

24-hour format

12-hour format (1-12)

12-hour format (0-11)

00:00:00

12:00:00 AM

00:00:00

00:00:01

12:00:01 AM

00:00:01 AM

00:59:59

12:59:59 AM

00:59:59 AM

01:00:00

01:00:00 AM

01:00:00 AM

11:59:59

11:59:59 AM

11:59:59 AM

12:00:00

12:00:00 PM

00:00:00 PM

12:59:59

12:59:59 PM

00:59:59 PM

13:00:00

01:00:00 PM

01:00:00 PM

23:59:59

11:59:59 PM

11:59:59 PM

24:00:00

24:00:00 PM

24:00:00 PM

The table contains entries for three of the five supported formats; the other two formats differ only in that they use small writing for am and pm

Note

An InputField that is bound to an attribute of ABAP type T is always rendered wide enough for its content to be legible in its entirety in all time formats. For this reason, the length property is ignored if its value is too small.

Example

There are examples of the different time formats in the system in the WDR_TEST_INPUT and WDR_TEST_OUTPUT components.

Note

Make sure that you make the settings described in Prerequisites .