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Time Formats

The time format is specified by column TIMEFM, where "hh", "mm", and "ss" stand for hour, minute, and second. One 24-hour format and several 12-hour formats are available:

TIMEFM Time Format
0 24-hour format (default setting) hh:mm:ss
1 12-hour format (1 to 12) hh:mm:ss AM and hh:mm:ss PM
2 12-hour format (1 to 12) hh:mm:ss am and hh:mm:ss pm
3 12-hour format (0 to 11) hh:mm:ss AM and hh:mm:ss PM
4 12-hour format (0 to 11) hh:mm:ss am and hh:mm:ss pm

Notes

Example

To see the display of various times of day in all possible times, see the respective example with character string templates.