How to: Display Time with the DateTimePicker Control
If you want your application to enable users to select a date and time, and to display that date and time in the specified format, use the DateTimePicker control. The following procedure shows how to use the DateTimePicker control to display the time.
To display the time with the DateTimePicker control
Set the Format property to Time
timePicker.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Time;
timePicker.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Time
Set the ShowUpDown property for the DateTimePicker to
true
.timePicker.ShowUpDown = true;
timePicker.ShowUpDown = True
Example
The following code sample shows how to create a DateTimePicker that enables users to choose a time only.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace TimePickerApplication
{
public class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeTimePicker();
}
private DateTimePicker timePicker;
private void InitializeTimePicker()
{
timePicker = new DateTimePicker();
timePicker.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Time;
timePicker.ShowUpDown = true;
timePicker.Location = new Point(10, 10);
timePicker.Width = 100;
Controls.Add(timePicker);
}
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.Run(new Form1());
}
}
}
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Public Class Form1
Inherits Form
Public Sub New()
InitializeTimePicker()
End Sub
Private timePicker As DateTimePicker
Private Sub InitializeTimePicker()
timePicker = New DateTimePicker()
timePicker.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Time
timePicker.ShowUpDown = True
timePicker.Location = New Point(10, 10)
timePicker.Width = 100
Controls.Add(timePicker)
End Sub
<STAThread()> _
Shared Sub Main()
Application.EnableVisualStyles()
Application.Run(New Form1())
End Sub
End Class
Compiling the Code
This example requires:
- References to the System, System.Data, System.Drawing and System.Windows.Forms assemblies.
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