Issue with 24-hour time format in UIDatePicker and possible workarounds

Dear Apple Support Team,

I am currently developing a control in my app that uses UIDatePicker for time input. To ensure that the time display format is consistently in 24-hour notation regardless of the region, I have set the locale of UIDatePicker to ‘systemLocale’.

However, while this worked as expected up to iPadOS15, displaying the time in 24-hour format, it has switched to a 12-hour format from iPadOS16 onwards. I am wondering if there have been any changes in the behavior of UIDatePicker’s locale between the updates from iPadOS15 to iPadOS16?

Additionally, I would like to know if there are any workarounds to this issue that do not involve modifying the program. In other words, is there a way to revert back to the 24-hour format without changing the code?

Any information you could provide on this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your assistance.

Issue with 24-hour time format in UIDatePicker and possible workarounds
 
 
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