How do I set AM/PM in a TimePicker?

Question

I am using a TimePicker in my app. Whenever the user opens the screen with the TimePicker, I initialize it with the current time. When I do this, the TimePicker shows AM instead of PM. Why does this happen? Is there anything I have to add in my code?

Date initDate = m_NoteManageObject.getDateTimeArray(position);
Calendar myCal = Calendar.getInstance();

myCal.setTime(initDate);
TimePicker timePicker  = (TimePicker)layout.findViewById(R.id.time_picker);

// Initialise Time Picker

timePicker.setCurrentHour(myCal.get(Calendar.HOUR));
timePicker.setCurrentMinute(myCal.get(Calendar.MINUTE));

Answer 1

You'll have to use Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY instead of Calendar.HOUR.

i.e., timePicker.setCurrentHour() always expects the argument in 24-hour format. Unfortunately, this fact is not documented properly in the API documentation.