Convert time from 24 hour clock to 12 hour clock format

Difficulty Level : Basic
Last Updated : 03 Feb, 2020

Given a time in a 24-hour clock (military time), convert it to 12-hour clock format.

Note: Midnight is 00:00:00 on a 24-hour clock and 12:00:00 AM on a 12-hour clock. Noon is 12:00:00 on 24-hour clock and 12:00:00 PM on 12-hour clock.

A string will be given of the format hh:mm:ss and output should be in the format hh:mm:ss AM or hh:mm:ss PM in 12hour clock. Here hh represents hour, mm represents minutes and ss represents seconds.

Examples:

Input : 17:35:20
Output : 5:35:20 PM

Input : 00:10:24
Output : 12:10:24 AM

Recommended: Please try your approach on {IDE} first, before moving on to the solution.

The approach to solving this problem requires some observations. First that the minutes and seconds will be same in both the cases. The only change will be in the hours and according to that Meridien will be appended to the string.

For hours, first convert it from string to int datatype, then take its modulo with 12 and that will be our hours in 12-hour format. Still, there will be a case when hour becomes 00 i.e (12 or 00 in 24-hour format) which we need to handle separately.

Below is the implementation of above approach:

C++

// CPP program to convert time from 24 hour 
// to 12 hour format 
  
#include <bits/stdc++.h> 
  
using namespace std; 
  
// Convert Function which takes in 
// 24hour time and convert it to 
// 12 hour format 
void convert12(string str) 
{ 
    // Get Hours 
    int h1 = (int)str[0] - '0'; 
    int h2 = (int)str[1] - '0'; 
  
    int hh = h1 * 10 + h2; 
  
    // Finding out the Meridien of time 
    // ie. AM or PM 
    string Meridien; 
    if (hh < 12) { 
        Meridien = "AM"; 
    } 
    else
        Meridien = "PM"; 
  
    hh %= 12; 
  
    // Handle 00 and 12 case separately 
    if (hh == 0) { 
        cout << "12"; 
  
        // Printing minutes and seconds 
        for (int i = 2; i < 8; ++i) { 
            cout << str[i]; 
        } 
    } 
    else { 
        cout << hh; 
        // Printing minutes and seconds 
        for (int i = 2; i < 8; ++i) { 
            cout << str[i]; 
        } 
    } 
  
    // After time is printed 
    // cout Meridien 
    cout << " " << Meridien << '\n'; 
} 
  
// Driver code 
int main() 
{ 
    // 24 hour format 
    string str = "17:35:20"; 
  
    convert12(str); 
  
    return 0; 
} 

Java

// Java program to convert time from 24 hour 
// to 12 hour format 
  
import java.util.*; 
// Convert Function which takes in 
// 24hour time and convert it to 
// 12 hour format 
class GFG 
{ 
  
static void convert12(String str) 
{ 
// Get Hours 
    int h1 = (int)str.charAt(0) - '0'; 
    int h2 = (int)str.charAt(1)- '0'; 
  
    int hh = h1 * 10 + h2; 
  
    // Finding out the Meridien of time 
    // ie. AM or PM 
    String Meridien; 
    if (hh < 12) { 
        Meridien = "AM"; 
    } 
    else
        Meridien = "PM"; 
  
    hh %= 12; 
  
    // Handle 00 and 12 case separately 
    if (hh == 0) { 
        System.out.print("12"); 
  
        // Printing minutes and seconds 
        for (int i = 2; i < 8; ++i) { 
        System.out.print(str.charAt(i)); 
        } 
    } 
    else { 
        System.out.print(hh); 
        // Printing minutes and seconds 
        for (int i = 2; i < 8; ++i) { 
        System.out.print(str.charAt(i)); 
        } 
    } 
  
    // After time is printed 
    // cout Meridien 
System.out.println(" "+Meridien); 
} 
  
//Driver code 
public static void main(String ar[]) 
{ 
  
// 24 hour format 
    String str = "17:35:20"; 
    convert12(str); 
  
} 
} 

Python3

# Python program to convert time from 24 hour 
# to 12 hour format 
  
# Convert Function which takes in 
# 24hour time and convert it to 
# 12 hour format 
def convert12(str): 
  
    # Get Hours 
    h1 = ord(str[0]) - ord('0'); 
    h2 = ord(str[1]) - ord('0'); 
  
    hh = h1 * 10 + h2; 
  
    # Finding out the Meridien of time 
    # ie. AM or PM 
    Meridien=""; 
    if (hh < 12): 
        Meridien = "AM"; 
    else: 
        Meridien = "PM"; 
  
    hh %= 12; 
  
    # Handle 00 and 12 case separately 
    if (hh == 0): 
        print("12", end = ""); 
  
        # Printing minutes and seconds 
        for i in range(2, 8): 
            print(str[i], end = ""); 
  
    else: 
        print(hh,end=""); 
          
        # Printing minutes and seconds 
        for i in range(2, 8): 
            print(str[i], end = ""); 
  
    # After time is printed 
    # cout Meridien 
    print(" " + Meridien); 
  
# Driver code 
if __name__ == '__main__': 
  
    # 24 hour format 
    str = "17:35:20"; 
    convert12(str); 
  
# This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar 

C#

// C# program to convert time from 24 hour 
// to 12 hour format 
   
using System; 
// Convert Function which takes in 
// 24hour time and convert it to 
// 12 hour format 
class GFG 
{ 
   
static void convert12(string str) 
{ 
// Get Hours 
    int h1 = (int)str[0] - '0'; 
    int h2 = (int)str[1]- '0'; 
   
    int hh = h1 * 10 + h2; 
   
    // Finding out the Meridien of time 
    // ie. AM or PM 
    string Meridien; 
    if (hh < 12) { 
        Meridien = "AM"; 
    } 
    else
        Meridien = "PM"; 
   
    hh %= 12; 
   
    // Handle 00 and 12 case separately 
    if (hh == 0) { 
        Console.Write("12"); 
   
        // Printing minutes and seconds 
        for (int i = 2; i < 8; ++i) { 
        Console.Write(str[i]); 
        } 
    } 
    else { 
        Console.Write(hh); 
        // Printing minutes and seconds 
        for (int i = 2; i < 8; ++i) { 
        Console.Write(str[i]); 
        } 
    } 
   
    // After time is printed 
    // cout Meridien 
Console.WriteLine(" "+Meridien); 
} 
   
//Driver code 
public static void Main() 
{ 
   
// 24 hour format 
    string str = "17:35:20"; 
    convert12(str); 
   
} 
} 

PHP

<?php 
// PHP program to convert time  
// from 24 hour to 12 hour format 
  
// Convert Function which takes  
// in 24hour time and convert it  
// to 12 hour format 
function convert12($str) 
{ 
    // Get Hours 
    $h1 = $str[0] - '0'; 
    $h2 = $str[1] - '0'; 
  
    $hh = $h1 * 10 + $h2; 
  
    // Finding out the Meridien  
    // of time ie. AM or PM 
    $Meridien; 
    if ($hh < 12)  
    { 
        $Meridien = "AM"; 
    } 
    else
        $Meridien = "PM"; 
  
    $hh %= 12; 
  
    // Handle 00 and 12  
    // case separately 
    if ($hh == 0)  
    { 
        echo "12"; 
  
        // Printing minutes and seconds 
        for ($i = 2; $i < 8; ++$i) 
        { 
            echo $str[$i]; 
        } 
    } 
    else
    { 
        echo $hh; 
          
        // Printing minutes and seconds 
        for ($i = 2; $i < 8; ++$i)  
        { 
            echo $str[$i]; 
        } 
    } 
  
    // After time is printed 
    // cout Meridien 
    echo " " , $Meridien; 
} 
  
// Driver code 
  
// 24 hour format 
$str = "17:35:20"; 
  
convert12($str); 
  
// This code is contributed  
// by ajit 
?> 

Output:

5:35:20 PM

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