Microsoft Date Time Picker Control

[ugagrad]

Hello all,
I am attempting to use a date time picker control for an application I am creating. I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to set the minutes interval on that control. Currently the only thing it will do is go up by one minute with each click. I want to increment by 10 minutes or 15 minutes for example. Also, the default format is HH:MM:SS AM/PM. I was trying to get the format to HH:MM AM/PM. Does anyone have any suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

For the display format in the control, this comes from your Regional Settings in the control panel. Set the time format to HH:MM, you should get the result you need.

Mike Gagnon

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[Mike Lewis]

To change the increment, try writing code in the control's Change event. This is fired whenever the user interactively changes the time, either by typing or by clicking on one of the arrow buttons.

You might be able to do something like adding 10 or 15 to the Minute property. It's probably a bit more complicated than that, so you might have to experiment.

As for the format, Mike Gagnon suggested you use the Windows control panel setting, which might well be the best way. But you can also set the control's CustomFormat property.

Mike


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[Mike Gagnon]

MikeLewis

But you can also set the control's CustomFormat property.

As far as I could tell, the CustomFormat only applied to dates, not time format.

Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.
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[Mike Lewis]

Mike,

As far as I could tell, the CustomFormat only applied to dates, not time format.

The control's documentation (at msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
system.windows.forms.datetimepicker.customformat.aspx) lists the control characters for CustomFormat, and these include h (hours in 12-format), H (hours in 24-hour format), m (minutes) and so on.

On the other hand, it may be that these only apply when you are displaying a datetime, rather than a time on its own. Obviously, some experimentation is needed.

Mike

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