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Formatting Values

By default, the RadTimePicker control uses the system locale settings to determine how they format date and time values. If you have specified a culture, they display their values based on the culture settings. You can override any of the default formats using the properties of the embedded RadDateInput, RadCalendar and RadTimeView controls.

Formatting the values in the input area

The embedded RadDateInput control present RadTimePicker has two properties that you can use to specify a format for the value as it appears in the input area:

  • The DateFormat property specifies the format of the control's value when it has focus (when the user can edit the value).

  • The DisplayDateFormat property specifies the format of the control's value when it does not have focus.

Both properties take a date format pattern as a value.

<telerik:RadTimePicker RenderMode="Lightweight" ID="RadTimePicker1" runat="server">
   <DateInput
       DateFormat="hh:mm t"
       DisplayDateFormat="hh:mm tt">
   </DateInput>
</telerik:RadTimePicker>

Formatting values in the popup time view

The value for the TimeFormat property of the embedded RadTimeView is a date format pattern that controls how it displays the time values it displays for the user to choose.

<telerik:RadTimePicker RenderMode="Lightweight" ID="RadTimePicker1" runat="server">
    <TimeView TimeFormat="h:mm t"></TimeView>
</telerik:RadTimePicker>
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