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ABENTIME_FORMATS - TIME FORMATS

ABENTIME_FORMATS - TIME FORMATS

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Time Formats

The time format is determined by column TIMEFM in the data base table T005X, 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
" " 24-hour format (default setting) hh:mm:ss
"1" 12-hour format (1 to 12) hh:mm:ss AM and hh:mm:ss PM
"2" 12-hour format (1 to 12) hh:mm:ss am and hh:mm:ss pm
"3" 12-hour format (0 to 11) hh:mm:ss AM and hh:mm:ss PM
"4" 12-hour format (0 to 11) hh:mm:ss am and hh:mm:ss pm

  • The 24-hour format follows the ISO-8601 standard.
  • The 12-hour formats are specific to certain 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 the 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 formatted as 12:00:00.
  • For the 12-hour formats of values "3" and "2", midnight and noon are formatted as 00:00:00.

The setting for the time format also affects the formatting of time stamps in time stamp fields.

Notes

  • All time formats are suitable for the representation of times. Only the 24-hour format is suitable for the representation of a duration, that is, the interval between two points in time. It does not make sense to use AM/am and PM/pm for a duration.
  • The class CL_ABAP_TIMEFM contains a helper method for handling time formats.
  • The values for TIMEFM are defined by the fixed values of domain XUTIMEFM.

Example

Output of a time and time stamps with different time formats (if they exist in the database table T005X).






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