iOS or Mac? In any case, this will help you out to no end.
http://NSDateformatter.com/ And note that the case of the letters you use in your formatter matter. GL. - Alex Zavatone On Jan 3, 2017, at 12:16 AM, Sandor Szatmari 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. > > 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/zav%40mac.com > > This email sent to z...@mac.com _______________________________________________ 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
