java - JSpinner time range + HH:MM format

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Learn more about Teams // Option 1 : set range jSpinner2.setModel(new SpinnerDateModel(new java.util.Date(1388498400000L), new java.util.Date(1388484000000L), new java.util.Date(1388505600000L), java.util.Calendar.MINUTE)); // Option 2 : set HH:mm format jSpinner2.setModel(new SpinnerDateModel(new java.util.Date(1388498400000L), null, null, java.util.Calendar.MINUTE)); JSpinner.DateEditor de = new JSpinner.DateEditor(jSpinner2, "HH:mm"); de.getTextField().setEditable( false ); jSpinner2.setEditor(de); public static void main(String args[]) { java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { new HourSpinner2().setVisible(true);

What I find out is that I can do only one of the 2 at a time. Either set a range or set a format. Doing both would simply freeze the component for user edit.

How to make this work for both range and format?

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The issue with your code is that actually the formatter throws away the date fields and keeps only the time part of the current value. But then the value no longer lies between min and max and this is not changeable.

As a simple workaround you may specify the min and max values as in the following code:

Calendar cal1 = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
cal1.clear();
cal1.set(1970, Calendar.JANUARY, 1, 0, 0);
Date min = cal1.getTime();
Calendar cal2 = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
cal2.clear();
cal2.set(1970, Calendar.JANUARY, 1, 2, 0);
Date max = cal2.getTime();
                Your answer is correct (I'm pretty sure), but the Dates should be derived using Calendar, not deprecated Date constructors.  For instance, Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); cal.set(1970, Calendar.JANUARY, 1, 2, 0); Date date = cal.getTime();
– VGR
                Dec 31, 2013 at 16:15
                @VGR Of course you're right. Changed the code to reflect your remarks (but do not forget the call to clear).
– Howard
                Dec 31, 2013 at 16:32
                One more question please, after performing all the above, do you know how to set the jspinner focus to be on the minute and not the hours? (meaning, pressing the up button would increase the minutes rather than the hours)
– yaniv
                Jan 1, 2014 at 13:40
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