diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9db3bbb550..c0c7fd4ea3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Version 1.1.14 work in progress
 - Bug #1941: yiiactiveform.js form reset now uses CHtml::errorCss instead of a hardcoded value (mdomba)
 - Bug #1942: CActiveForm client/ajax validation will now remove error class from server side validation (mdomba)
 - Enh #1847: Added COutputCache::varyByLanguage to generate separate cache for different languages (Obramko)
+- Enh #1971: Added CLocale::getHourMeridian defining hour meridian type for the current locale (adminnu)
 - Chg #645: CDbConnection now throws CDbException when failed to open DB connection instead of failing with a warning (kidol, eirikhm, samdark, cebe)
 - Chg #1891: Changed order of methods in models generated by Gii and yiic, added better description of search method (hijarian, samdark)
 - New #1785: Added CPasswordHelper (tom--)
diff --git a/framework/i18n/CLocale.php b/framework/i18n/CLocale.php
index e744a5ff3b..00ef55eaa3 100644
--- a/framework/i18n/CLocale.php
+++ b/framework/i18n/CLocale.php
@@ -294,6 +294,14 @@ public function getTimeFormat($width='medium')
 		return $this->_data['timeFormats'][$width];
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return bool hour meridian type, in 12 hour format true, with 24 hour format false
+	 */
+	public function getHourMeridian()
+	{
+		return strpos($this->getTimeFormat(), 'H:') ? false : true;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return string datetime format, i.e., the order of date and time.
 	 */