Time picker

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The time picker gives you a standardized way to let users pick a time value using touch, mouse, or keyboard input.

Important APIs: TimePicker class, Time property

Is this the right control?

Use a time picker to let a user pick a single time value.

For more info about choosing the right control, see the Date and time controls article.

Examples

XAML Controls Gallery
XAML controls gallery

If you have the XAML Controls Gallery app installed, click here to open the app and see the TimePicker in action.

The entry point displays the chosen time, and when the user selects the entry point, a picker surface expands vertically from the middle for the user to make a selection. The time picker overlays other UI; it doesn't push other UI out of the way.

Example of the time picker expanding

Create a time picker

This example shows how to create a simple time picker with a header.

<TimePicker x:Name="arrivalTimePicker" Header="Arrival time"/>

TimePicker arrivalTimePicker = new TimePicker();
arrivalTimePicker.Header = "Arrival time";

The resulting time picker looks like this:

Example of time picker

Note

For important info about date and time values, see DateTime and Calendar values in the Date and time controls article.

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