This article describes the international rules for time formats. The SAPUI5 time formatters will help you to comply with these rules.

Usage

Use time formatting if:

• You need to display time based on the user’s locale settings.

Types

You can use three different  types of time formats: short, medium, and long. The formatting and order of the values differ based on the locale settings that have been configured in the browser.

Guidelines

• In general, use the short format.
• In general, display information in the user’s timezone.
• Show the timezone only if required by the use case (for example, to indicate the local arrival time of a cross-continental flight).
• Use the correct time format according to your language or locale settings.
  If you have to display a time format as an object attribute, follow the formatting rules for the object header and object list item attribute.

Durations

If you need to display durations, show every number and unit of measurement according to the rules for units of measurement. (For example, use long text instead of ISO codes or abbreviations.)

Time Intervals

If you need to display time intervals, use an en dash “–” (not a minus sign) as a delimiter between the times.

United States (US): 11:29 AM – 2:29 PM

Germany (DE): 11:29 – 14:29

China (CN): 上午11:29 – 下午2:29

Denmark (DK): 11.29 – 14.29

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