Work with TimePicker

You can change the value of the TimePicker or get its current value via the related API methods.

Setting value

There is the setValue() method that makes it easy to change the value of the timepicker on the fly. The method takes as a parameter the value which can be passed in several formats:

• as a Date object
• as a string
• as an array with the following elements:
  • the hour value
  • the minutes value
  • the "AM/PM" identifier for 12-hour format as a string
• as a number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC returned by the getTime() method of the Date object

For example:

// set the value as a string
timepicker.setValue("00:39");

// set the value as a Date object
timepicker.setValue(new Date('January 10, 2019 17:54:00'));

// set the value as an array
timepicker.setValue([6,20,"AM"]);

// set the value as a number
timepicker.setValue(1559288966422);

Related sample: Timepicker. Set Timepicker value

Getting value

You can get the value of TimePicker either as an object or as a string via the getValue() method. It takes one parameter:

• asObject - (boolean) optional, specifies that the value will be returned as an object, false by default

// return value as a string in the 24-hour format
const val1 = timepicker.getValue(); // -> "00:39"

// return value as an object in the 24-hour format
const val2 = timepicker.getValue(true);// -> {hour: 0, minute: 39}

// return value as a string in the 12-hour format
const val3 = timepicker2.getValue(); // -> "06:00AM"

// return value as an object in the 12-hour format
const val4 = timepicker2.getValue(true); // -> {hour: 6, minute: 0, AM: true}

Related sample: Timepicker. Get Timepicker value

The returned value can be of several types, depending on the passed parameter and the applied time format:

• for the 24-hour format a return string value will include just the hour and minutes: "00:39"
• for the 12-hour format a return string value will include hour, minutes, and am/pm identifiers: "06:00AM"
• for the 24-hour format a return object value will contain key:value pairs for hours, minutes and their values
• for the 12-hour format a return object value will contain key:value pairs for hours, minutes, am/pm identifiers and their values