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Time Formats
The time format is specified by column TIMEFM , where "hh" ,
"mm" , and "ss" stand for hour, minute, and second. One
24-hour format and several 12-hour formats are available:
TIMEFM Time Format
024-hour format (default setting) hh:mm:ss
112-hour format (1 to 12) hh:mm:ss AM and hh:mm:ss PM
212-hour format (1 to 12) hh:mm:ss am and hh:mm:ss pm
312-hour format (0 to 11) hh:mm:ss AM and hh:mm:ss PM
412-hour format (0 to 11) hh:mm:ss am and hh:mm:ss pm
The 24-hour format follows the standard ISO-8601 .
The 12-hour formats are specific for specific English-speaking countries
such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. AM/am stands
for "Ante meridiem" ( before noon ) and PM/pm
stands for "Post meridiem" ( after noon ).
The formats for values "1" and "2" or "3" and "4" differ only in the
capitalization of AM/PM and am/pm .
For the 12-hour formats of values "1" and "2", midnight and noon are
displayed as 12:00:00.
For the 12-hour formats of values "3" and "2", midnight and noon are
displayed as 00:00:00.
Notes
All time formats are suitable for the display of times. Only the 24-hour
format is suitable for the display of a period of time, that is, the
duration between two points in time. It does not make sense to display
AM/am and PM/pm for a period of time.
The class CL_ABAP_TIMEFM contains a
help method for dealing with time formats.
Example
To see the display of various times of day in all possible times, see
the respective example with
character string templates .
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