Date Formatter string "H" is returning things with AM/PM on my phone, but not in the simulator

Asked Oct 10 '17 at 17:04

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I have the following code in my program:

 let formatter = DateFormatter()
 formatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
 displayTime = formatter.string(from: timePicker.date)
 formatter.dateFormat = "H"
 let hour = formatter.string(from: timePicker.date)
 print(hour)

When I run this in the simulator, hour comes out to what you'd expect (e.g., 1:30PM in the timePicker --> hour = 13). However, when I run this with my actual phone, the print(hour) in the above case comes out to (1 PM). Why is this happening, and what can I do to fix it?

asked Oct 10 '17 at 17:04

LFHS

It's the 12/24 hours time setting in the Settings app. – rmaddy Oct 10 '17 at 17:06
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It's more reliable to get the hour with `Calendar` and `DateComponents` – vadian Oct 10 '17 at 17:07
@rmaddy I don't think so, it's the exact same on my phone and in the simulator – LFHS Oct 10 '17 at 17:10
You just need to set your date formatter locale to ''en_US_POSIX" – Leo Dabus Oct 10 '17 at 17:19

Date Formatter string "H" is returning things with AM/PM on my phone, but not in the simulator

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