Android Question TimeFormat locale

[noeleon]

how to set the locale of datetime.timeformat to English so it does not return time in the current device language like Arabic?
01:23.45 instead of ۰۰:۰۳.۱۳

Thanks.

 

[LucaMs]

DateTime.TimeFormat = "hh:mm:ss"

DateTime.TimeFormat = "h:mm a" to get AM or PM

 

[noeleon]

I'm using DateTime.TimeFormat = "mm:ss.SS"

The problem is if I set the device language to Arabic the time returned by datetime becomes Arabic numbers too.

 

[LucaMs]

I'm using DateTime.TimeFormat = "mm:ss.SS"

The problem is if I set the device language to Arabic the time returned by datetime becomes Arabic numbers too.

Damn... to test it, now I don't know how to return to my beautiful italian

Anyway, I get the right time (37:12:15) (SS are milliseconds)

 

[LucaMs]

Damn... to test it, now I don't know how to return to my beautiful italian

What an effort, I succeeded

 

[noeleon]

LOL !!! It really does take a lot of effort changing language back especially from RTL language.

 

[noeleon]

This is what I'm going to do: Set locale in my app to US and then switch to Arabic only during text input then switch back to US right after, using this

Dim jo As JavaObject
jo.InitializeStatic("java.util.Locale").RunMethod("setDefault", Array(jo.GetField("US")))

 

[noeleon]

ARRRGH!! I thought it's as simple as replacing US with AR.

 

[LucaMs]

ARRRGH!! I thought it's as simple as replacing US with AR.

Try this library:
https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/locale-jar.96761/

(and also "ar", lowercase)

 

[noeleon]

Thanks for your suggestions.