Blazor Time Picker Overview

The Blazor Time Picker component allows the user to choose a time from a visual list in a dropdown, or to type it into a date input that can accept only DateTime values. You can control the format shown in the input and respond to events.

The Time Picker component supports DateTime, DateTime?, DateTimeOffset and DateTimeOffset? types.

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Creating Blazor Time Picker

1. Add the TelerikTimePicker tag to your razor page.
2. Bind a DateTime object to the component
3. Optionally, provide custom Format, Min and Max values

Basic Time Picker with custom format, min and max

Selected time: @selectedTime?.ToLongTimeString()
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<TelerikTimePicker Min="@Min" Max="@Max" Format="hh:mm:ss tt" @bind-Value="@selectedTime"></TelerikTimePicker>

@code  {
    private DateTime? selectedTime = DateTime.Now;

    // only the time portions are used
    public DateTime Min = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1, 8, 15, 0);
    public DateTime Max = new DateTime(1900, 1, 1, 19, 30, 45);
}

Increment Steps

The Time Picker enables the end users to change the selected value by clicking the rendered arrows. You can set the increment and decrement steps through the nested TimePickerSteps tag and its parameters. Read more about the Blazor Time Picker increment steps...

Events

The Blazor Time Picker generates events that you can handle and further customize its behavior. Read more about the Blazor Time Picker events....

Validation

You can ensure that the component value is acceptable by using the built-in validation. Read more about input validation....

Action Buttons

When using the dropdown to edit dates, you must click the "Set" button to commit the date. Clicking "Cancel", or outside of the dropdown without clicking "Set", will revert the time to the original value. You can also commit a date by clicking the "NOW" button which will choose the current time.

Format

The time format specifiers in the Format control the tumblers available in the dropdown. For example, the HH specifier will result in a hour selector in a 24 hour format. If you also add the tt specifier, you will also get the AM/PM tumbler, but the 24 hour format will still be used. This means that you can also add several tumblers for the same time portion if the format string repeats them.

Min and Max

The Min and Max properties require a DateTime object, but will only use the time portion from it. Thus, the date itself is not important. The hours, minutes, seconds and AM/PM portions control the range of the tumblers in the time picker dropdown. They do not impose validation/limitations on the input editing.

Parameters

The Blazor Time Picker component provides various parameters that allow you to configure the component:

Attribute	Type and Default Value	Description
DebounceDelay	int 150	Time in milliseconds between the last typed symbol and the value update. Use it to balance between client-side performance and number of database queries.
Enabled	bool	Specifies whether typing in the input and opening the dropdown are allowed.
Format	string	Specifies the format of the DateInput of the TimePicker. Read more in the Supported Formats article. Note that format specifiers for non-time portions will only be editable in the input and will not have a representation in the time picker dropdown.
Id	string	Renders as the id attribute on the <input /> element, so you can attach a <label for=""> to the input.
Min	DateTime	The earliest time that the user can select.
Max	DateTime	The latest time that the user can select.
Value	T	The current value of the input. Can be used for binding.
TabIndex	int?	Maps to the tabindex attribute of the HTML element. You can use it to customize the order in which the inputs in your form focus with the Tab key.
Placeholder	string	Maps to the placeholder attribute of the HTML element. The Placeholder will appear if the component is bound to nullable DateTime object - DateTime?, but will not be rendered if the component is bound to the default value of a non-nullable DateTime object. The Placeholder value will be displayed when the input is not focused. Once the user focuses it to start typing, the Format Placeholder (default or customized one) will override the Placeholder to indicate the format the date should be entered in.
ValidateOn	ValidationEvent enum ValidationEvent.Input	Configures the event that will trigger validation (if validation is enabled). Read more at Validation Modes for Simple Inputs.

Styling and Appearance

The following parameters enable you to customize the appearance of the Blazor Time Picker:

Attribute	Type and Default Value	Description
Class	string	The custom CSS class rendered on the wrapping element.
PopupClass	string	additional CSS class to customize the appearance of the Time Picker's dropdown.
Width	string	Defines the width of the TimePicker.

You can find more options for customizing the Time Picker styling in the Appearance article.

Format Placeholder

The FormatPlaceholder parameter allows you to set custom strings as placeholders for each DateTime segment and is available for the following Telerik UI for Blazor components:

• DateInput
• DatePicker
• DateTimePicker
• DateRangePicker
• TimePicker

To set up the FormatPlaceholder, use the <*Component*FormatPlaceholder> nested tag. It allows you to set format placeholders by using the following parameters:

• Day
• Month
• Year
• Hour
• Minute
• Second
• Weekday

By default, the value for all parameters is null, which applies the full format specifier.

Component Reference

Add a reference to the Time Picker instance to use its methods.

@using Telerik.Blazor.Components

<TelerikTimePicker @bind-Value="@theTimePickerValue"></TelerikTimePicker>
@theTimePickerValue

@code {
    DateTime? theTimePickerValue { get; set; }

    // the time picker is a generic component and its type comes from the value field type
    Telerik.Blazor.Components.TelerikTimePicker<DateTime?> theTimePicker;
}

Next Steps

• Using the Time Picker Events

• Configuring the Time Picker Increment Steps

See Also

• Live Demo: Time Picker
• Input Validation
• Supported Input Date Formats
• API Reference