Japan localization forcing AM/PM to show

Im trying to return the localized form of the setDateFormat of "H:mm" in iOS.

Most localizations would return the 24 hour form, but for Japanese localization, it is returning the string with the AM/PM开发者_开发知识库 present (obviously in the Kanji form).

According to this: http://unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-6.html#Date_Format_Patterns , 'H' would return the 24 hour form the the time, and it is working for other East Asian localizations ( tested Korean and Chinese localization).

Can someone provide insight on why iOS is displaying the AM/PM even though I didn't specify it to show for Japanese localization?

Thank you.

Can you share some source code as to how you are setting/getting the Japanese localization?

Here's what I get:

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"H:mm"];

NSDate *date = // some time after noon

[formatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en"]];
NSLog(@"en: %@", [formatter stringFromDate:date]);
[formatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"ja"]];
NSLog(@"jp: %@", [formatter stringFromDate:date]);
[formatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"ko"]];
NSLog(@"ko: %@", [formatter stringFromDate:date]);
[formatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"zh_CN"]];
NSLog(@"cn: %@", [formatter stringFromDate:date]);

This displays:

en: 14:06  
jp: 14:06  
ko: 14:06 
cn: 14:06

Or using the default formatter styles, and re-running it:

[formatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
[formatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];

Results:

en: 1/21/11 2:13 PM
jp: 11/01/21 14:06
ko: 11. 1. 21. 오후 2:06
cn: 11-1-21 下午2:06

Check that Settings->General->Date&Time has 24-Hour Time set to ON