SetTimeFormatStringL does not work.

[ovtchinnikov]

In the CreateSettingItemL of my setting list i'm trying to set the time format for my setting item:
CAknTimeOrDateSettingItem* i = new (ELeave) CAknTimeOrDateSettingItem ( aIdentifier, CAknTimeOrDateSettingItem::ETime, time);
_LIT(KFormatTimeString,"%-B%:0%J%:1%T%:3%+B");
i->SetTimeFormatStringL(KFormatTimeString);

For some reason this just does not seem to work.

Is it a known bug or should I do something differently?

[Anssi Nurminen]

I think the best way to accomplish what you're trying to do is to derive your own class from CAknTimeOrDateSettingItem and reimplement the CompleteConstructionL() method from the base class something like this:

class CMyTimeSettingItem : public CAknTimeOrDateSettingItem
{
	protected:
		void CompleteConstructionL();	
};

void CMyTimeSettingItem::CompleteConstructionL()
{	
	CAknTimeOrDateSettingItem::CompleteConstructionL();
	//See TTime for string format
	SetTimeFormatStringL( _L("%H:%T:%S") );	
}

[samantha_sun]

I think the best way to accomplish what you're trying to do is to derive your own class from CAknTimeOrDateSettingItem and reimplement the CompleteConstructionL() method from the base class something like this:

class CMyTimeSettingItem : public CAknTimeOrDateSettingItem
{
	protected:
		void CompleteConstructionL();	
};

void CMyTimeSettingItem::CompleteConstructionL()
{	
	CAknTimeOrDateSettingItem::CompleteConstructionL();
	//See TTime for string format
	SetTimeFormatStringL( _L("%H:%T:%S") );	
}

i have test what you said.
you are very correct!!
but its format is +HH:MM:SS
which "+" hasn't been removed