XFA Specification
Chapter 24, Picture Clause Specification
Picture Clause Reference
924
Symbol
Full-width
(FW) or
ideographic
(I)
Is the picture symbol for …
I, tens rule
FW
FW
I
I, tens rule
Prevailing locale's tens rule ideographic numeric value (0-59) for the
minute of the hour
1- or 2-digit (0-59) full-width numeric value for the second of the
minute.
2-digit (00-59) full-width numeric value for the second of the minute.
Prevailing locale's ideographic numeric value (0-59) for the second of
the minute.
Prevailing locale's tens rule ideographic numeric value (0-59) for the
second of the minute.
3-digit (000-999) full-width numeric value for the thousandth of the
second.
Full-width
ISO-8601
time-zone format: ,
[
], or
[
].
All characters are full-width. In the above examples, is a placeholder
for an hour digit, and the is a placeholder for a minute digit.
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.
Requirements for Acceptable Time Picture Clauses
When input parsing, time picture clauses containing hour of the meridiem symbols (
h
or
k
) without the
meridiem symbol are invalid.
Examples of Output Formatting
The following examples illustrate the process of output formatting with time picture clauses. Results have
been quoted, so that one can see where spaces would appear in the formatted value. The quotes are not
actually part of the result.
Picture clause
h:MM A
HH:MM:SS 'o''clock' A Z
h:MM A
HH:MM:SS A Z
Input value
11:11:11
11:11:11
14:30:59
14:30:59
Formatted result
"11:11 AM"
"11:11:11 o'clock AM EDT"
"2:30 PM"
"14:30:59 PM EDT"
MM: HH+ Z
FW
Alternate full-width
ISO-8601
time-zone format: ,
[
].
[
M M HH-
H
MM HH+ Z
M
MM: HH-
MMMM
(U+FF33)
SSSS
SSS
SS
FFF
(U+FF5A)
zz
S
z
(U+FF26) FW
FW
], or