XFA Specification
Chapter 24, Picture Clause Specification
Picture Clause Reference
922
Symbol
h
hh
k
kk
H
HH
K
KK
M
MM
S
SS
FFF
A
Z
z
Is the picture symbol for …
1- or 2-digit (1-12) hour of the meridiem (AM/PM).
2-digit (01-12) hour of the meridiem (AM/PM).
1- or 2-digit (0-11) hour of the meridiem (AM/PM).
2-digit (00-11) hour of the meridiem (AM/PM).
1- or 2-digit (0-23) hour of the day, expressed as a 24-hour clock.
Zero-padded 2 digit (00-23) hour of the day, expressed as a 24-hour clock.
1- or 2-digit (1-24) hour of the day.
Zero-padded 2 digit (01-24) hour of the day.
1- or 2-digit (0-59) minute of the hour.
2-digit (00-59) minute of the hour.
1- or 2-digit (0-59) second of the minute.
2-digit (00-59) second of the minute.
3-digit (000-999) thousandth of the second.
Meridiem name (AM or PM) of the prevailing locale.
Abbreviated time-zone name (GMT, EST, GMT-00:30) of the prevailing locale.
ISO-8601
time-zone format:
Z
,
+HH[MM]
, or
-HH[MM]
. In the examples at left,
HH
is a
placeholder for a zero-padded 2-digit hour of the day, and the
MM
is a placeholder for a
zero-padded 2-digit minute of the hour. The acceptable values for z are further
described below:
●
Z
. A time zone of 'Z' (Unicode character U+005A) indicates the time zone is 'zero
meridian', or 'Zulu Time'. The
[ISO-8601]
section titled
Universal Time Coordinated
describes a method of defining time absolutely. Another helpful document is
A Few
Facts Concerning GMT, UT, and the RGO,
by R. Langley, 20 January 1999, which is
available at
http://www.apparent-wind.com/gmt-explained.html.
+HH[MM]
or
-HH[MM]
. A time zone expressed as an offset of plus or minus states
that the offset can be added to the time to indicate that the local time zone is HH
hours and MM minutes ahead or behind. The plus or minus sign must be included.
●
zz
Alternate
ISO-8601
Z
,
+HH[:MM]
, or
-HH[:MM]
. The z and zz
formats differ only in their use of the colon as a separator.
See also
“Global Picture-Clause Symbols” on page 902,
which describes the symbols
"
?
", "
*
", and "
+
".
The standard and full-width comma (
,
), dash (
-
), colon (
:
), slash (
/
), period (
.
) and space ( ) are treated as
literals.
Asian Time Picture Symbols
The following table lists the Asian picture clause symbols for time.