Jeremy, > On Jan 3, 2017, at 10:30, Jeremy Pereira <jeremy.pere...@aptosolutions.co.uk> > wrote: > > >> On 3 Jan 2017, at 06:16, Sandor Szatmari <admin.szatmari....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I am working on a small application where the primary function is to display >> the time to the user. My hope was to honor the user's preference setting. >> I am either missing something or honoring the user's preference is harder >> than expected. >> >> So, there are two places to set 24 hr time display. >> >> 1. Date & Time preference panel >> 2. Language & Region preference panel >> >> The cocoa frameworks react differently depending on where you set this. >> >> If set by method 1, cocoa frameworks seem unaware of this setting and it >> appears this is cosmetic in that it only affects the display of the clock in >> the NSStatusBar. >> >> If set by method 2, cocoa frameworks reflect this and the Date & Time >> setting is disabled noting that the setting has been overridden. >> >> So if a user uses method 1, potentially unaware of method 2, how should one >> go about determining the user's intentions. > > It seems obvious to me that method 1 only refers to the clock display in the > menu bar and nothing else. It’s a sub setting of > “Show date and time in the menu bar”. > > If you honour whatever preference is set by method 2 as your code fragment > below does, you’ll be fine. > I feel like fewer people use/find method 2, simply stopping at method 1. This may be a gross assumption on my part. Under my assumption they would simply think my app doesn't display 24 hr time or respect the system setting. Am I being to sensitive here?
Sandor > >> >> There are deprecated methods using: (didn't try, it's deprecated) >> NSUserDefaults with the key NSShortTimeDateFormatString >> >> There are supported methods using: (works with method 2) >> NSString *format = [NSDateFormatter dateFormatFromTemplate:@"j" options:0 >> locale:[NSLocale currentLocale]]; >> BOOL is24Hour = ([format rangeOfString:@"a"].location == NSNotFound); >> >> Can anyone provide any clarity here? >> >> Sandor >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) >> >> Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. >> Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com >> >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/adc%40jeremyp.net >> >> This email sent to a...@jeremyp.net > > -- > Jeremy Pereira > jeremy.pere...@aptosolutions.co.uk > 07884 265457 > > > > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
