Formatting in .NET MAUI Time Picker (SfTimePicker)

30 Sep 20251 minute to read

Format is a way to represent the time in a different string format. You can customize the time format using the Format property in PickerTimeFormat. The default format is HH_mm_ss.

The different types of formats are:

H_mm - Represents the hour minute in H_mm format.

H_mm_ss - Represents the hour minute second in H_mm_ss format.

h_mm_ss_tt - Represents the hour minute second meridiem in h_mm_ss_tt format.

h_mm_tt - Represents the hour minute meridiem in h_mm_tt format.

HH_mm - Represents the hour minute in HH_mm format.

HH_mm_ss - Represents the hour minute second in HH_mm_ss format.

HH_mm_ss_fff - Represents the hour minute second millisecond in HH_mm_ss_fff format.

hh_mm_ss_tt - Represents the hour minute second meridiem in hh_mm_ss_tt format.

hh_mm_ss_fff_tt - Represents the hour minute second millisecond meridiem in hh_mm_ss_fff_tt format.

hh_mm_tt - Represents the hour minute meridiem in hh_mm_tt format.

hh_tt - Represents the hour meridiem in hh_tt format.

ss_fff - Represents the second millisecond in ss_fff format.

mm_ss - Represents the minute second in mm_ss format.

mm_ss_fff - Represents the minute second millisecond in mm_ss_fff format.

Default - Represents the hour minute second meridiem in default culture based format.

The following example demonstrates the Time Picker with the custom format PickerTimeFormat.hh_mm_ss_tt

XAML

<picker:SfTimePicker x:Name="timePicker" 
                     Format="hh_mm_ss_tt"/>

C#

SfTimePicker timePicker = new SfTimePicker()
{
    Format = PickerTimeFormat.hh_mm_ss_tt;
};

this.Content = timePicker;