To reproduce: - Open the attached project. - Click the day part and press N - Click the hour part and press N - PM is changed to AM Workaround: public RadForm1() { InitializeComponent(); radDateTimePicker1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom; radDateTimePicker1.CustomFormat = @"yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss tt"; radDateTimePicker1.DateTimePickerElement.TextBoxElement.TextBoxItem.KeyPress += TextBoxItem_KeyPress; } private void TextBoxItem_KeyPress(object sender, KeyPressEventArgs e) { if (e.KeyChar == 'n') { e.Handled = true; radDateTimePicker1.Value = DateTime.Now; } }