Time Field Input

Hello,
Apparently with all the valid edit patterns for a time field, if I want to enter 6 AM quickly, the least I have to put in is "06" (without quotes, of course). But if I put in "6" without the leading zero, the field does not get formatted as a time. Is there any way to force this without writing custom code? I am trying to cover the various input methods. I have tried all the available Select Types and also modified a couple to examples such as:
time{h:MM}
time{h}
These result in an error stating the pattern is not valid. Is there something I can do to allow more freedom for entry, and still format the data so I can later calcualte another field based on the data.? I just want to put in a single digit number to get a value before 10 AM. Ideally putting "3p" in the field would give me 3:00 PM as well, but this may be too much to ask for.

Hi,
If you set the Display Pattern to time{h:MM A}, then entering 15 will give you 3:00 PM.
I don't think you will be able to get a single digit (eg 9) to be recognised as a valid time.
Niall

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